This is an analysis of the poem The James Bond Movie that begins with:

The popcorn is greasy, and I forgot to bring a Kleenex.
A pill that’s a bomb inside the stomach of a man inside...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab aX Xc Xd cb cX Xb Xd XX eXXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010110101010 011010101000101 0100111000010100 100010000010001011 101001011110 100100010101011 101101011011 001111001101110 01011101110100 11011101011 1110100110101 11111011001 1111101011100 101011100010001 010001010100010 010111000111101 11110101110100 11011111111 011111111010111 10111011000110 11100111100101 010110011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The James Bond Movie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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