This is an analysis of the poem The Monkey In The Ark that begins with:

Of all the things that happened in Noah's Ark,
The strangest ever was when the monkey lied to Prophet Noah...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdecffdXXXgafgehXhgXgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100101 0101011010101010 11111001001 11010010110010 1111101011 111101 010100101011011 110100101001 110111101101 11011101 10010011101 010101010101 11110100101010 1110110010110 11011111001110010 111110001 10110101 110011010110 11110101101 01110110101 10110010001 011011 0100110010010 1011101 11001010010 0111001101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Monkey In The Ark;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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