This is an analysis of the poem Raisin Pie that begins with:

There's a heap of pent-up goodness
in the yellow bantam corn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdcdcece cfgfXdXdaege Xhghdfafbece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 0010101 11111010 1010111 10111110 0011101 11101110 0010101 11101110 1011111 10101110 0011101 11111010 1000001 111110100 011101 101010101 010101 11101010 0011101 11111010 1110001 101010100 011101 01001110 0110111 101110100 001101 0111010 0010111 111010000 10111 11100010 1011101 11101110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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 Raisin Pie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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