This is an analysis of the poem In The Next Street that begins with:

there’s only ever one argument: his,
bawling out whoever punctuates...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb bccd XeXX XXeX XfaX bdcc dfefXbedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011000 101010100 01100010 10110011001 11101010 111110010 110100010 110100110 1111010101 1001010010 011101010 1111010100 10011100 110111101 1110110101 0101000100 110101011 110010001101 1101010101 001010101 11110110 11100011 1111001000101 0011001010001 11110111 01111010111 100010010 0101010001 10100101 0100111 0011011100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we, drink, in are repeated.

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

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  • summary of In The Next Street;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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