This is an analysis of the poem Excerp From The People, Yes that begins with:

The little girl saw her first troop parade and asked,
'What are those?'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110110111 1110 10 1110 1111111110111000101111 0111110 11111100 110011 10011011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', know are repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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