This is an analysis of the poem You Give Intelligent Life A Bad Name that begins with:

You give intelligent life a bad name.
Your behavior is quite ignorant......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacdbXe Xe AbXbc bbfXde A bfefdcXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,5,6,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011 101001100 1101001101 0100100110 1011101 11101 010110000 10011101 11010 1101001 1101001011 101011000010 1111011 100101 11110110 1100100111 11111 101 11101 110111 1100100101 1101001011 1110100 0010101 111001 1010101 0101010 1101 001 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Give Intelligent Life A Bad Name;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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