This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Cogito And The Imagination that begins with:

Mr. Cogito never trusted
tricks of the imagination...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cd XX XX ed ffcX XeX aXXgXabbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,4,3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 10001010 0010101001 111011 1100101100 0111010 110010110 01100100 10010100 0101 11101 1010100 11111110 0000100110 1011000 1010 10110 101001 1001100 01001 1011 11 01010 011 0100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mr. Cogito And The Imagination;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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