This is an analysis of the poem In The Park that begins with:

She sits in the park. Her clothes are out of date.
Two children whine and bicker, tug her skirt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb daedae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11001011101 1101110101 0111010001 111111111 010100011001 111100111010 00110100010 0110010101 110101001010 0101111011 0111010111 11000101110 0101110101 001111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In The Park;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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