This is an analysis of the poem Susie Asado that begins with:

Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea.
Susie Asado.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXAXXXXXXXbXXXXbXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 10100 111111 10100 10100100111 0110101110 1010110100100001010 000100011101010 110111010101010 10010100 010100010001101110 01110101011111 1011011 11 1111101110110100 110101 1001010100 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 750
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sweet, this, of, drink, pups are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words susie, drink are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase incy connects the lines.

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  • summary of Susie Asado;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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