This is an analysis of the poem How Much? that begins with:
HOW much do you love me, a million bushels?
Oh, a lot more than that, Oh, a lot more....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aa XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101010 1011111011 101010101010 0101011001010 100111010 00010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of How Much?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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