This is an analysis of the poem The Taking Of Nonsense Too Seriously that begins with:
How absurd is absurdity,
When people get too involved......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dcaa beXae XXdbebeXe cbdXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,9,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100100 1101101 00010 00100100100 101010 1010101100100 0100 10010101 0101010001001 10010101100010 1101001011000 1000101 110 1001011001 100100110100 1010100101000100 111100111 00100101001001 11001101001000 110010111101 1001010110 10010010 1100101001101 011110 11111011 0101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Taking Of Nonsense Too Seriously;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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