This is an analysis of the poem Auguste's Single Strike that begins with:

My lovely two-year-old Auguste,
I write this down for you:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDefagahHIajfjjjXXfXidejbcagedkHIaadaABCDachXggkkdd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 110111 011011 11110101 01010011 11001 010010110 1101010 10101 11110 111010010 11010011 111011 1101010 1111101 01110100 110111101010 101111100100 0101001 10111001011 100100010 0101010010 1011101 111001 100100011 10000101111110 10010011 11011 101011 1011110110 10011 11001111 01110110 111010010 11010011 11101110 101110 111111 11111111 11011110 110111 011011 11110101 1111010 1011 1110110 1111 1100010 010001100110 1101011100 101001010 10111001 1010101 0101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; can, you, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, when, what are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines did, strike are repeated).

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  • summary of Auguste's Single Strike;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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