This is an analysis of the poem Wild Peaches that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaaXca dedffe X ghhgghhg cbciib X fjjfjjf ifjifX X iegXieei kilkil
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,1,8,6,1,7,6,1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1011010111 11110100101 0101010101 11011111001 1101011101 1111001110 1111010110 1101110111 0100010101 0101011011 1001010101 1101110101 0100110101 1101110111 1 0101010101 1111010111 0101010001 0101000101 0111010001 1111110101 1101011111 1101010111 10111111010 01001010101 001010101010 1101011101 0101110100 1011111101 1 1101010001 01011100101 0101000101 0111010101 1110110101 1111000101 1111111101 01010101010 110100011 111101111 11111101010 1101100111 1101011100 1 10010010011 1100010111 1101010100 01110101000 1100110111 1111010101 0101010101 1011010101 1111111101 1111010011 10110110101 1011110001 1101011001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Wild Peaches;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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