This is an analysis of the poem A Study In The 'Nood' that begins with:

He was bare—we don’t want to be rude—
(His condition was owing to drink)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXBbXBcacaadbad dcdccXc XcXcacac eaeacccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 001011001 11001011 101001111 11001011 101001011 101001111 01011101 110011111 11101101 111011001 11001111 11111011 01101011 010011 01001001 01011101 01101001 01011111 11101001 101101001 0111101111 1110111001001 01001110 1100101 11011001 101101010 01011101 11101111 11011111 11111111 11001011 111111001 10101110 10111101 11101011 11101001 110010011 101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we, and, of, looked are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, we, why are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines think, distress are repeated).

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  • summary of A Study In The 'Nood';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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