This is an analysis of the poem Alf’s Sixth Bit that begins with:
Let some new lying ass,
Who knows not what is or was,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbX ccXddX XXXeeafX cefbXffbfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 1111011 11010 110101 101111 11100 100100 1110101 10001 110101 111101 10011 110101 110111 100111 111101 111101 11011 1100101 11110 100100 11111 110111 1100100 110111 100101 1100100 101101 011111 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Alf’s Sixth Bit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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