This is an analysis of the poem The Best Way To Avoid Misunderstandings that begins with:

The best way to avoid misunderstandings,
Amongst those heated in debate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXde fgfXchgXXhaedbce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100110010 01110001 0110 0010011010101 01000010100 00100101 101001010001 1111010010 010101 010 111001101001 1001101 1011101110011 1 101 01101 0111101111 11110001 011 110110 010111000 00100001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The Best Way To Avoid Misunderstandings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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