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

PEA pods cling to stems.
Neponset, the village,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 010010 1001001111 1001110011 101000101010 0101010 10101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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