This is an analysis of the poem In Grandmamma's Kitchen that begins with:

In grandmamma's kitchen, things got in a riot-
The cream in a pot on the shelf,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcee ffXfcc ghgXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010110010 01001101 110111110110 11111011 11001101101 101111001011 111011010010 11011010 01011011010 11101011 11001101111 01001001001 011010110110 11001010 1010010010110 11001001 11001001101 01011111011 010011010110 111101101 1011011010010 11001101 101101110001 11101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; in, to, that, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of In Grandmamma's Kitchen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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