This is an analysis of the poem A Little The Best Of It that begins with:

A LITTLE the best of it,
Allus he prayed for,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXb caaaXa dedecee adaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100100 10111 11110 111111 1111 110111 11011 1111100 111100 100010 11101 1111110 10110 01101 11010 11101 1011 111011 1111 11101100 10110 0100100 1101 10101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, he are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of A Little The Best Of It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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