This is an analysis of the poem Sophie Spoilall that begins with:
I never saw a girl or boy
So prone as Sophie to destroy...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeecc ffgXaadX hhhhbbeXddaaccgghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11110001 100110101 11111111 01001101 11010111 11000111 11000101 01110101 10101101 01111101 01010101 11010111 10111111 1100101 01111101 01010111 11110101 01010101 11110101 11111101 01010101 11110101 01000110 11010111 11010011 11111111 110100101 11010001 11011101 11010111 11010011 110101011 01010001 01010101 11010111 10110111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; as, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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- summary of Sophie Spoilall;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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