This is an analysis of the poem Who's Trick Is This? that begins with:

Who's trick is this?
Is it your latest? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXc XdbbbaebXb AcXebbbXabAdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 00110 001100 010101 011010 01001 11010 1101 10101 10110101 01010111 1101 1001010001 1111 11101 1100 010011 010100 101 11101 11101 101010 11111 01101010 11011010 1100 1110001010 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of Who's Trick Is This?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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