This is an analysis of the poem The Fox And The Crane that begins with:

ONCE two persons uninvited
Came to join my dinner table;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc X e fe f a Xa X X XX a d ed e g bgXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10111010 10111010 11110010 10101011 11111010 10101010 10101110 11111110 10101010 10111010 00101010 11101010 10111010 10101110 100110101000 10101010 111110010 00101100 00111110 10101010 11101010 11101010 10101010 01101110 11101010 11111010 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 The Fox And The Crane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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