This is an analysis of the poem The Impecunious Cricket And The Frugal Ant that begins with:

There was an ant, a spinster ant,
Whose virtues were so many... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeaaXaf cXcXgcgc cXcXfXfX hhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 1100110 11010100 0111010 11011101 1101010 11010001 1111010 11010101 1101010 110011101 0101010 11011101 0110000 11010001 01001110 11010111 0101010 11010001 0101110 110111101 1100010 11110101 100010 11110111 1101110 100010101 1111010 11011101 1111011 01110111 1101111 01000101 01010101 01010111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; your, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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  • summary of The Impecunious Cricket And The Frugal Ant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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