This is an analysis of the poem Searcy Foote that begins with:

I wanted to go away to college
But rich Aunt Persis wouldn't help me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXcdXceffagXgXXeXbcXggdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101010 111101011 111101101 1111010110 111010101 1100101010 1111100111 11111011100 110011101 00111011110 0111001101 0101010011 010010101 010111110 111110110 11010001 11001101010 111101001 110101010 10100101101 110111101 11010110100 110001111 110101110 101110100 1110110 1101011010 0111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1068
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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