This is an analysis of the poem The Force Of Habit that begins with:

A little child, who had desired
To go and see the Park guns fired,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddefaaXe ffccggggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 011101110 11010111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01111001 10011101 11000111 10010111 11011101 11110101 11010110 011100101 10110101 11010101 10010101 01010101 00110111 11110101 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; that is repeated.

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  • summary of The Force Of Habit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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