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

In the brown dining-room,
which was perfumed ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXc dbXcX daXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101 1101 00101011 11101111 010001101 110110010101 11111010110001 010110001 1010110 11111 100111100 110010101000101 011111 1000101 1100110101 0111100011111 010101 11010111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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