This is an analysis of the poem Trivia And Those Tripping Over It that begins with:

I'm not one to trip over anything to keep it repeated.
Some trip and want it to be revisited....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXc XXXcabXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0110110101010010 11110000100 100010 0010000 101001010001010 110001010100 110101 100010111000110 111 0100100110110010 010001011111 00100101001110100 001011011001 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Trivia And Those Tripping Over It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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