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

my grandmother had a serious gas
problem....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaefghafahijjeh XkfXakX hXh cd aeg ffbhdXiddhfhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,7,3,2,3,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101001 10 11010111 111010 1111 111010 101 10111 111101 0010001 11011111101 110101 10100101 1101 1111 11110010 1010 10001 111101101 01001 11101 1011101 101111 11101111 11011 110111 110 1101 01010011 1111010 1001101111 11010110 11111 111101 11101011 11 101100 0110110 111010010101 11001110 1010 01101110 11101001 1001100011 101111101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she'd, and are repeated.

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

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