This is an analysis of the poem Pretty Cow that begins with:

Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1010111 100111001 1111111 1110111 1010101 1010101 1010101 10101001 10100101 1010111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, where are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Pretty Cow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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