This is an analysis of the poem To Manage Handled Scandals that begins with:

Some handle scandals,
Like they've had them before! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cbad bebXe cacX cdXfGFA FGFAXfacfcFGFA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,4,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 111001 100101010 11111 0111011 1111010 011110101 110010101 101111010 010101010101 10111 111110 0101010 001011 01010001 11 01011100 11 1101010 1101010001 11 1010101 111 101010001 11 1010101 111 0101010001 011 11110100 10110 1 101010001 11 1010101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of To Manage Handled Scandals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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