This is an analysis of the poem The Ambitious Fox And The Unapproachable Grapes that begins with:

A farmer built around his crop
A wall, and crowned his labors... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbdee fgfghh ijijgg bkbkhh gXgXff lfml fnn XbXXmf ffXX fofohX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,4,3,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 0111010 11010101 0101010 01011101 11010101 11011101 0100010 010110001 0111010 11010101 01110101 11011101 0101111 11010101 1100011 11011100 11100101 11110101 0101011 01110101 1111111 01010111 11011101 01010101 1101010 11010101 1101010 11110101 01011101 01011101 1101110 01010101 1101010 11001101 11011101 01010101 0100010 11010 101 0101110 01010101 01010101 10110101 1111010 01001101 1110000 011100 01 110 1 010 1 01001011 1101010 11000111 1100010 10111001 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, one, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Ambitious Fox And The Unapproachable Grapes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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