This is an analysis of the poem The Kitchen Shears Speak that begins with:

This division must end.
Again I'm forced to amputate...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbc baXX dede faed XXXd faca Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011 01010101 0101101 1011101 1101101 10100101 111011 11011101 0101001011 1011111101 1101011111 111111010 10111011 01111 111011010 10101010 1011101 1011011 010110111 1111111 101101111 1010111010 10101010 110111 0001101110 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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