This is an analysis of the poem Whom To Tick Off...And Why? that begins with:
To tick,
Or not......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXc ddXdaXcad edaXX XeXXXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 11 011 1001110 101 11110010 1101111 1 01000111 0101 10 01000100 11110 101010011 0101001 10100001 110001111 0111010 01110 1 01 110101 10011110010 10010100100001 1011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 26
- 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 Whom To Tick Off...And Why?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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