This is an analysis of the poem Gossip that begins with:

A FELLOW can't help hearing
Hateful things about another,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdcd caXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110 10101010 10101010 10100010 11100110 1010111 1111010 1011011 11101010 1011101 11101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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  • summary of Gossip;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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