This is an analysis of the poem The Little Country Bus that begins with:

There's no lock upon your door,
And the polish that you wore ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddebbe aafggfhhahha ddceeciijkkj bbdeedbblggl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110111 1010111 00001110111 1110101 1110101 11101010101 1110111 1011101 11101110101 1110111 1011101 10101010011 1010111 0010101 00101011101 0010101 0010101 10101110101 0110011 1111111 11100010111 1110111 1110111 11101111101 1110101 1011111 11101110111 1010011 1110101 11101110111 1110101 1011101 10101110101 1010101 1011101 11101110011 1110111 1110111 10100101101 1010101 0001101 10100110101 1110111 0111101 11101010101 1110111 1010011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, as, your, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, read are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Little Country Bus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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