This is an analysis of the poem The-Bad-Taste-It-Makes that begins with:
When it comes,
It comes not to leave....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ADB eFGe eFhH ADB edeFGH ABC eFIH ABeFeF ABeFeF ABCXeFIH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,3,6,3,4,6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 01101 010110100 101 01011 0100001111 11 11010 101 01010101 11 11010 101 01101 101 01011 0100001111 11 11000101 11 11010 101 01101 101 01101 010110100 11 11010 10101 01101 101 01101 11 11010 11 11010 101 01101 11 11010 11 11010 101 01101 010110100 11 11010 10101 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, comes are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same words when, heartbreak at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word chasing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The-Bad-Taste-It-Makes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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