This is an analysis of the poem When Piranhas Heat In Saunas that begins with:

When piranhas heat in saunas,
Shouldn't they be aware......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXdXe afXaf dgag ABCdcaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 101001 001011001 11111010 01011 101001 100111 11111010 011001 11010001 1100110 010001101 10010010 01101 11101110 1110101 11001010 101001 001011001 110101110 110101 111010101 11110 110010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of When Piranhas Heat In Saunas;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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