This is an analysis of the poem Where Is The Spice? The Juice? that begins with:

I dislike accusations made today,
That lack originality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb bXcabdaeXef cdefXcaXdefedggeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010101 11010100 0111110110 101001101 101001 11001 1100010 01 100010010 1111 011011 01111 11010 10011 101010 110110101 101 00100001 0101 1110101 001 01101011 1111101 1111010 1 111000 10100 1111010 1001 1001 1001101 11100110 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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 Where Is The Spice? The Juice?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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