This is an analysis of the poem This Is No Parody that begins with:
The costumes adorned.
And the presentation to represent, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcadefabghij XjhfbXkhaglckcmX g X ghcnbgch XoX l pmlXegbX ng X fX XX nhX fhX ggd XiXohX hhXp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,16,1,1,8,3,1,8,2,1,2,2,3,3,3,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101 1010100101 110100111101 10110101 001001110100 100111010 11101111 110 111 111010 010110101 10100110111 10110011 01011001 001011100100 100 001100 110111010 01101011101 10101 1110100101 1111101 01011110101 010011101000101 1010010110011 1111011 11 111101011 1 1111011 1010101 1101111010 110101 01 110011110 11111 1111001 110 01001000101 100110010 10101010110 1 0101 1101 1 1110101 101011 11101 11001001 01111110010 1010010 11 101001 100000011110 01 1111011011 11 1 1 111111111 1111 10110010 111010 11 0111 111111111 1 1 1101 1 0111 11101110 11 1110110 111 11100111 11 111100111001 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; and, to, you, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, yes are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yes is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase yes connects the lines.
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- summary of This Is No Parody;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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