This is an analysis of the poem Naming Of Parts that begins with:

Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcd dbXcce ebfcbX dedcca fedXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111001101 111010101110 11110110100101 011110010100 10100001010010 101111001 0001011010 001011011101 111101110001010 10111111010 1001011010010 10111111 000101101101 01101001111111 1100100101110110 011101011010 110110010101001 100010110 1011100101000 0010011111110 10010110110 10001110010110 010110101100010 11010001 110100010010010 011101011101 1010101101010 10111111101010 100100101011010110 1011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, today, have, in, see, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase today connects the lines.

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  • summary of Naming Of Parts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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