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

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacA bdbdbabA ececfafAbgbgfafA hhhhiaiAbXbejajA afafkakXililjaXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 101 101 101 101 101 101 110 111 101 101 111 101 101 101 110 101 111 101 101 101 101 001 110 101 101 11 101 011 101 111 110 101 101 101 101 111 101 001 110 101 10 101 111 101 101 111 110 111 101 101 111 001 101 101 110 101 101 101 111 111 101 101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Cooked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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