This is an analysis of the poem Born On The Back Of A Toad that begins with:

What difference would it make,
If someone was born on the back of a toad? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXacXaX XcXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1100101 01111101001 010110010 1100100111 111110001 010001001101 1001 100111001 100110010101 1110111001 01100010001010 1 11110 1001111 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of Born On The Back Of A Toad;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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