This is an analysis of the poem To Hiss, Boo Or Cheer that begins with:

Whoever debates prepared or not.
Or wherever the state that debate takes place, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXXXbc XXccXaddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010111 10100110111 00101100 01001111 1001100010001 1100101 000101 1011000101011 01010010 1011111001 100110100 0100111 1010011010111 0110101000100101 1101010101 01001101010010 11110001111 01101011011 101011100 00101010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, to, and, that are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To Hiss, Boo Or Cheer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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