This is an analysis of the poem Alnaschar that begins with:
Here's yer toy balloons! All sizes!
Twenty cents for that. It rises... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabacc ddeefXgg ffbXXffaaeeeecc ffffggff hhXbffggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,15,8,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 10111010 1111111 1111100 1110101 1010111 1011111 1010111 1011111 1110111 1110111 0111100 1110101 1110111 1010111 1010111 11111001 1111101 1110111 1111101 110111 0111101 0111111 0011111 1011111 1110011 1010101 1010101 1011011 1010111 11100111 0111111 101111 1110111 1010111 1110111 1010011 1111101 1110101 1011010 1010110 0111101 1111101 1010111 1011101 1010110 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, he are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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- summary of Alnaschar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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