This is an analysis of the poem Another Pair Of Sleeves that begins with:

Time was, not very long ago,
When Mabel's walking skirt ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 11111001 1101010 11010101 1101010 11010101 010001 01111101 110101 01110101 1100010 11110111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Another Pair Of Sleeves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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