This is an analysis of the poem The Pixy And The Grocer that begins with:

How bright the room seemed! It was as if a ray of light came from the book, a luminous tree whose branches spread out across the ceiling. The leaves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011001011001010011101101010010111111110111101001001101010011110011101010011010110010101 10100100101111111011011010100101101101111110111001101010001101110110010101000100111110011001010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 283 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 49
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of The Pixy And The Grocer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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