This is an analysis of the poem Big Brother: An Epic In Eighteen Episodes that begins with:

In that Sin City, with its slot machines,
This gaming guy lost all to loaded dice—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX aXb Xab X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111000101 0101110101 0100101001 0100011101 1111010111 011100101 1111010111 1011110011 01001010111 1011010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

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  • summary of Big Brother: An Epic In Eighteen Episodes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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