This is an analysis of the poem With Or Without Certifiable Documents that begins with:

Birth certificate aside.
When did one's birth certificate, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC XdXddXc ABCXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 10110100 10100100 11110 1100100101 110101000101 100100101000101 010010100001111 101001010011110100 111111 1010001 10110100 10100100 1010001100 1101000010001 0101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with are repeated.

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  • summary of With Or Without Certifiable Documents;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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