This is an analysis of the poem Fleas Interest Me So Much that begins with:

Fleas interest me so much
that I let them bite me for hours....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbXXccdaXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1100111 111011110 11011010 011010101 111101 111001 11010000101 100101 0010110110 1010111 011010 0101011 1111101001 1101010 110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Fleas Interest Me So Much;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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