This is an analysis of the poem A New Car In The Summertime that begins with:

Mmm...
With a mmm-ing just to be cool....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABcB XABB DeDF GFGBDH XABcB DFGFDe BBfF XAFXAXXGFGBDH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,6,5,6,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00111001 11 1 101011 1 00111011 11 1101011 01010 101101 01010 1010111 01100101 1010100101 01100101 01011101001 01010 101111 1 00111001 11 1 101011 01010 1010111 01100101 1010100101 01010 101001 11 1101011 0010101011 11010100101 1 00111001 11010100101 1 00111011 01010101001 01100101 1010100101 01100101 01011101001 01010 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    The author used the same words mmm, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word town at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A New Car In The Summertime;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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