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

THE CHICK in the egg picks at the shell, cracks open one oval world, and enters another oval world.
'Cheep... cheep... cheep' is the salutation of...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a B b XXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111011101101110010101 11100100000110010001001010011 1101001011011101 001010010101011100011101011110111111101 0001001011010101010101110011 1101001011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 102 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 19
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oval, at, to, world, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'cheep is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines world is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word world at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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