This is an analysis of the poem The Very Best Of Their Addicting Fictions that begins with:

A writer who plays with politics,
Is not the same, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXB XXcBd BXbBdXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110101 0101 10101011 011010101 010101010101 101010101 1110111 10101 010101010101 1111101 011 11110 100101 011 11 0100000100110100 0010001 1010111111 001011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Very Best Of Their Addicting Fictions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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