This is an analysis of the poem Another Mouth To Feed that begins with:

We've got another mouth to feed,
From out our little store;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefeFcgcgahahifiFgjgjababdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011101 01010101 011101 01010001 010101 011101010 010101 01010101 010111 11010101 110101 01110101 111111 10110101 010011 11011101 010101 01011001 111101 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 11110101 110111 10110001 110101 11111101 110001 01001101 010101 11110101 101101 11001101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1026
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Another Mouth To Feed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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