This is an analysis of the poem Ida Chicken that begins with:

After I had attended lectures
At our Chautauqua, and studied French...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXcdcXXXdXXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 110101101 1100010010 1111 111101010 0111001010 111001001011 1011101110 110100101 111001101 010101101 11001101011 1111111010 01001001011 00111101 01001010 010101010 101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ida Chicken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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