This is an analysis of the poem Stop-And-See that begins with:

I’M STEWING in a brick-built town;
My coat is quite a stylish cut,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeafgfg cdcXheXe dididede cjXjgigi bkbkdhdh kakadkXk kjkjgfgf dkdkclcl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 11010101 11110111 11000101 11010101 01011011 01000101 11010101 11010101 01010111 01010101 11010101 111010101 01010101 01010111 11011101 11011101 01111111 11010101 01000100 11111111 11011111 11010100 11010101 11011111 01110111 01011111 01011101 11111111 01010111 01110001 11011101 10111101 01011111 01010110 01010100 11000101 01010101 110000111 01001001 11011111 110110001 01011101 01010101 01010101 01010111 01010111 11010101 10010101 11011101 110100101 01110111 11011111 01010101 11000101 01000101 01010111 10010111 011101001 11011101 11010101 01010111 01011101 01010111 11011111 11010101 11010101 111100101 11110101 11011101 11010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, to, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, no are repeated.

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  • summary of Stop-And-See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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