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

I'd like to be a baker, and come when morning breaks,
Calling out, 'Beeay-ko!' (that's the sound he makes) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010111101 1011110111 1000101111111 1010101010101 101110110101 111000100 110101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

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