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

A warship and a woman's hat
Are just alike, I state,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110111 111110101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and is repeated.

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

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