This is an analysis of the poem Off The Ground that begins with:

Three jolly Farmers
Once bet a pound ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcdXXefgfXhdhigjgkbXbhlXlXmXmXeaeaanaklbleiXiXfmfXgngbeaecakXamXXeaXaAeceAoaoagXglbXbXejXbeXegbjbkbgecekjjebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 113,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1101 110101 101 1011 1111 111100 1101 111 10111 111 1111 10011 1011 0001 101011 1011 0111 10010 1101 11110 1111 11110 0101 11011 1011 101 10111 11110 1101 10010 1111 11010 1111 110110 10111 10110 1111 10010 11101 1110 1111 1101 11111 1111 1111 0101 1101 10100 101 1111 1101 01101 10111 11110 1111 11101 11111 10010 0111 1101 11111 110010 11111 1101 1111 100110 01011 11001 1101 10010 1011 11011 111 11101 00111 11011 1011 1011 1101 111 10101 10110 101 110010 1101 11110 1101 10110 10101 0010110 1100 1111 1101 11010 101 11110 1101 10010 1111 11010 1111 11111 110 0101 00111 110010 101110 1111011010 1010101 111 1110101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 425
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, league, called are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Off The Ground;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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