This is an analysis of the poem Professor Newcomer that begins with:

Everyone laughed at Col. Prichard
For buying an engine so powerful...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXdadcXXabcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111110 1101101100 1010111010 1100 110010101 010101101 01001010001 1100001 01011010111 11110110101 1011110 00111111001 10110100111 00101010 0101001001 111110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, and are repeated.

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

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