This is an analysis of the poem Petit, The Poet that begins with:

Seeds in a dry pod, tick, tick, tick,
Tick, tick, tick, like mites in a quarrel-- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXbbcXXXccXXAXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 111110010 110101110 10111010011 1010001010 10010100111 0110100101110 110110111 1101110010 1001001011 10100101010 100111110 11111110 101001111 1010001010 10011111 11111010 1101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 762
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; tick is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Petit, The Poet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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