This is an analysis of the poem When Something Begins To Stink that begins with:
There is nothing more difficult to change,
Than a baby's diaper! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccdcde FdfcghiX FbiX fcjfjkkhkX kXccf Xag k Xe jXjc cXkfj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,4,10,5,3,1,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110001 101010 11111110 0111 101001110 11 1111011 1011 10111 011010 111 011010010100 100101010 1101001 01111 10110101 01010010010 011010 1101010100 1010101 111010111 11111 10110 111111 1110100110 11101100101 001011110 1011001111001 1100101 1100010101 1010001101 001011110 110001101100 1101111010 10101110101 1110 1011101 10101001 10101101 11010111011 10100110111 0110111 101011110100 10010101 1101 11011 0101101 01011100 10100101110 01011010111 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of When Something Begins To Stink;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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