This is an analysis of the poem Pupils Slip Up that begins with:

I have several questions.
For a few months...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd beefXc ecfXB gfdXXa gXfeXB gXhcf Xdidha afbafi eebfXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,6,6,5,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 1011 01011010 01010 11001 10110 01101 100011 11110 010001010 11010 1011010 10110 10101000 10101010 11111001 11110 1011 01010011 10111 1101 100100011 1011 1010101 100110101 10101000 10101010 01101001 11010 101111 01001100 01011010 11011 111001 1111000 1010101001 101001 10010 1001111 00010101 010101001 10100100010 01101010 0100100 1000111 1010011 101111 01101111 10101000 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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 Pupils Slip Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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