This is an analysis of the poem Ugliest Man In Town that begins with:

Handsome guys get girls that are pretty
Other guys make it cause they're clever and witty...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcccbdXdddbeedfffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101111110 101101110110 101011101111010100100101 11110100111 110101111101 1111110111101 110100101 110110111111 0101110101 11111011011 101001111101 1111011011111011011 1111101001100100101 101101101001 01101111101 01110111010101101 1111110101111 0110111100111 10101110111011 00100101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1088
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, oh, me are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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  • summary of Ugliest Man In Town;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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