This is an analysis of the poem In Praise Of Solid People that begins with:
Thank God that there are solid folk
Who water flowers and roll the lawn,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fffX bcbc gfgf bXbh ihih jkjk fhfh eheh jfjf dgdg alal
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 110101101 11111111 11110101 11010111 11110010 01001101 01001100 11011111 11011101 11010101 011100101 11010101 01110101 10011101 110101000 11010111 11110011 11010110 11111101 11110011 11110001 01010111 11010101 11011101 10111100 11010111 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010111 01011101 11010101 01110001 11110101 11001101 10010101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11010111 1101011 11010101 01010101 11000101 01010111 11010101 11110101 1111001 11110011 01110101 01110101 11110101 110101010 10111111 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, still are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of In Praise Of Solid People;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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