This is an analysis of the poem As It Goes that begins with:
In the corner she's left the mechanical toy,
On the chair is her Teddy Bear fine;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacaC dcdceceC ebebfgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001011001001 101001011 01111111001 11001001 101011101001 11011001 1011100111100 11011001 101011101111 101001111 111111001001 111101001 111111101001 11001011 100001011011 11011001 101011001101 101011101 101001101001 11001101 11101101011 11011011 11101101101 101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, that, she, there's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there's is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word best at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of As It Goes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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