This is an analysis of the poem The Banana's Lullaby that begins with:
When grandma wished to keep her fruit
Her apples she would take... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXd caeea bcXcfafaXcdffd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 010111 11010101 111101 11011101 111011 11110100 110101 111011100010 1101011001 10111010 10101010 00101110101 01010101 011101 01010100 111101 10010101 110101 10101010 0011101 111011100010 1101011101 11101010 11001010 11101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
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- summary of The Banana's Lullaby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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