This is an analysis of the poem The Rude Rat And The Unostentatious Oyster that begins with:

Upon the shore, a mile or more
From traffic and confusion,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXcd ccXccded fbaXedXfcd fgfgcXfgXXXdXgcgcbdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 0101010 11010111 0101010 11110100 0101010 11110111 1111010 01010101 1101010 01010101 0001010 01010101 1101010 11011111 0111010 11111101 1101010 01011101 1101010 11011101 0100010 01010101 1 1 01010 01011101 11011 1 1 01010101 01010 1 1 11011111 1101110 01011101 0101010 11011111 1101011 11011101 0111011 01011101 0101110 010011111 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of The Rude Rat And The Unostentatious Oyster;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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