This is an analysis of the poem The Pumpkin that begins with:
Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun,
The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa aabbddee ffbbgghh iiaaaajj kkaallcchh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001001 01001101101 101101101001 01111011011 111101001011 111001101011 11101111001 101001111101 1010010011010 110010010110 101001011001 11011001101 101001001001 101001001011 11111011011 101001011101 111101101101 01101101011 101111001101 01101001001 101101101011 101101101101 11001111001 11101101101 111011011010 111010111010 11101011001 101101001001 111101101101 11011011001 101001011011 001011011101 111101110110 1010110110010 101101101011 1011011001011 101111011001 111111111001 101011101001 101011101011 111011101111 101011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, from, what, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, when, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Pumpkin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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