This is an analysis of the poem Georgie Porgie that begins with:

BY MOTHER GOOSE AND OUR OWN SARA TEASDALE
Bennie's kisses left me cold, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111011 1010111 1111101 1011101 110111 10111001 10111001 1011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, sees are repeated.

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  • summary of Georgie Porgie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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