This is an analysis of the poem Surrealist Sonnet that begins with:

The lyrebird giblets in the frying-pan
cheep crisply to the sibilant blue gas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXabba XXbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01001000101 1100010011 0101101100 11101010100 1101010111 11101110101 110110000110 100010010001 1101010100 1101010100 1001001101 0110000100 0101011101 0101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Surrealist Sonnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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