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

A pair of very chubby legs
Encased in scarlet hose;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacdcX aaeabccc ecXcafcf XgXghehe adadXiXi adcdddfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 110101 11011101 010101 01010101 111011 01010111 010011 01111101 000101 11111101 111101 11110101 010101 11100101 111101 11001101 110111 11100101 111111 11100101 011111 11011101 010111 11011101 110101 11011101 010101 11110101 110111 11110101 011101 11110111 011101 11110101 010111 11011101 110101 11011101 110111 11010101 111101 100010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; those, hands are repeated.

    The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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