This is an analysis of the poem The Three Quiet Gentlemen that begins with:

There is a quiet gentleman a-motoring in France
(Oh, don’t you hear the honking of a British motor-car?)—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdededfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010100010001 11110100010101 11010100111111 111010111101 01010100010101 1111010101011 01001101111101 01010101110100 01010100110101 11110100011101 01010101010111 11010100010111 01010100110101 0110010110101 11011101110111 11010101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 913
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; t, of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Three Quiet Gentlemen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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