This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Fink's Debating Donkey that begins with:
Of a person known as Peters I will humbly crave your leave
An unusual adventure into narrative to weave... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccddeeXXffgg eeggcccXccaaddhh XbiiccggXXggeeeejjdXaaXXhhgXeeccjjkX bbccgXkkff ggXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,36,10,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001011101010111 101000100010001 101010100010100 01010101110011 101010101110001 101100100010001 111001101000110 001000101110111 101001101010101 001011101010011 101000101010101 101010101011101 101011000110111 1010100100010001 111010100110011 101010101110101 11110100010001 101010100100001 101000100010001 101110100010101 1010001100011001 1011101010100101 101010101010001 111000100010101 010111011000111 1011001010010111 11001100110101 101010101110001 111010100010101 11010111011101 101001101110101 001011101010111 101000101010100 101000101010011 111010101010111 101010100010101 11010111110101 01011101010101 01010101010001 01010100100001 100010101011101 001010101010001 01010101010111 011110101110011 1001010101110001 0010011010001 0101010001101 111010100110111 11010100010101 11010100110101 11010101010101 1101111110100010 101010111010011 101000101010101 01011101110001 111010111100001 10010101010101 11010100010101 01011101001001 10110110110100 01010100100101 01011111010001 11110101111001 110111001010101 11011111100111 11010101100001 11010101110101 01010011010001 110011010010101 11011101111001 10011101010001 11010101110101 01011101010101 110101110101010 110010101010001 11010111010101 101110101010101 101010101010101 10010101010001 11111101010011 101001101010110 001000100010100 001010101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 918
- Average number of words per stanza: 160
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, to, and, it, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, he are repeated.
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- summary of Mr. Fink's Debating Donkey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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