This is an analysis of the poem Rev. Abner Peet that begins with:

I had no objection at all
To selling my household effects at auction...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXaXcbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 01011101110 10101 011010101 0110110101 100100 1111111 0010110 0110010101 0011010 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Rev. Abner Peet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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