This is an analysis of the poem A-Shelling Peas that begins with:

Now, all the world is green and bright
Outside the latticed pane; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac cdcdecec fgfgbcbc chchicic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1101001 01110111 1011101 11010101 011101 11000001 110101 01111101 110101 11110001 1001111 11011101 110111 01110101 110101 01110101 010111 11111111 11010101 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 01110101 011111 1101001011 110101 11110101 110111 01100111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, her are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word peas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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