This is an analysis of the poem The Crunch that begins with:

too much too little
too fat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a BCD ef ff ghi jkXlf Xj bhg kkh mc ne k iof iff cic bj b MMM oo bb lkkc na BCD f Mmk ffi o bh o ffi oX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,2,3,5,2,3,3,2,2,1,3,3,3,2,1,3,2,2,4,2,3,1,3,3,1,2,1,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11 11 1111 101 1 10 10 100101 010 11 10101 101 101000 1000110 10 1110011 001010101 10010000111 11110001100 01001 10110 1010 1011111 1011100110 111 01110001 01110001 1101 1101001011 11110 1110 01011 01010 10101 10100110 10011 01 01 0100 10001 101100110 101100110 101100110 10111000 111000 1011101 0 0101 0101 101000101 11001101111 11 110 11 11 1111 110110 101100110 01010 1111011 1111111 1 1001 11001 101100111111 10 11010101 01 001 0111001 0011 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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; too, in, not, good, to, people, each, other, i, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words too, the, or, people, i, it are repeated.

    The author used the same words too, people, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines other, be are repeated).

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

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