This is an analysis of the poem Knee Song that begins with:

Being kissed on the back
of the knee is a moth ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXcabXaXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 001001 101001 111001 1010000 100001 1110111 101101 11001 111111 101101 001101 101011 1010110 101111 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yes is repeated.

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  • summary of Knee Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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