This is an analysis of the poem They Find Me Extremely Humorous that begins with:

Those who take interest,
In the raising of their children......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbacXdeXXXffcb aX cc X eed X XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,2,2,1,3,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 00100110 001000010 110110001 11000110100 010110101 101 100101001 0100010110 101010101 0010001 10010110101 101 101 111100111 1001100010 110110110 111101 101111011 010111 111111011 11000 1111010 1111001 110 1 111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of They Find Me Extremely Humorous;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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