This is an analysis of the poem What's In And What Aint Cool that begins with:

To be considerate of others.
That's IN....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXCdBaCXXBXaCdb Ceeefd CefabXbgeXdXXXcedddgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,6,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000100010 10 001010101010 111 101110010001 10 1101010101 111 1011101010 11100100110010 10 10010100 110001010 111 01 1111010 101111 10101 10101000 10101101 001010001001 101101001100 101111 1110011 001010010 1101 1100010011 11100 11101 111 1111101 11 11111 111 110 10101110110 10101110 10011101 110110101 101010 1111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that's, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word what's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of What's In And What Aint Cool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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