This is an analysis of the poem Corn Hut Talk that begins with:

WRITE your wishes
on the door...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb Xb ba XXXXcX cX adca eeeXXadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,6,2,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 101 110 111 00100101 10 0110010 101 1100101 101 110011 101 1100101011 10101001 11101011 11 11100010 11 0111111 11 1010001011 11 0101011011 0010100010010 0010100110010 11111010110 111001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, make are repeated.

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  • summary of Corn Hut Talk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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