This is an analysis of the poem Aunt Chloe's Politics that begins with:

Of course, I don't know very much
About these politics,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa Xbab cacX debe Xdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 011101 11111110 110101 1101011 111101 11101010 1110101 11101010 1010001 11011101 11101110 11101110 0010001 10111110 011111 10101110 010111 11101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Aunt Chloe's Politics;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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