This is an analysis of the poem This Poem Is My Worse Effort that begins with:

This poem is my worse effort.
I decided to write a 'bad' poem....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXdeadbaeAaa cfggagfdafeXfadeaX Aaghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,18,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001110 1010010110 10101 1001101 10100010 1010110 001100100 1101 01011 1010101010 101010111010 01001110 1100011 11111010 1 111101001 110110110 111011 1101 110100110101 1 111101100010 10111011100101 1 1110111010 1111111000101 1 111 10111111001001010 1110100 101100111101111 1010101101 01001110 111101 11110110010 0010100110101 0111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; she, my, to, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word something is repeated.

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  • summary of This Poem Is My Worse Effort;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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