This is an analysis of the poem At The Cottage that begins with:

SHE wanted to be asked again,
And so she wiped the dishes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX adadefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 1111010 11011001 1101010 11011101 1111010 1101001001 1101010 11000101 1101010 11010111 1101010 11011101 1101010 110011111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; she is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of At The Cottage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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