This is an analysis of the poem How Do You that begins with:

How do you,
Asks the chief of police,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXXXXbabcXc adX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 101001 01010 10101 110110 11110 1110 1111 1101 11110 11001 11 1111 111 110 11010 11001 111001 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of How Do You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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