This is an analysis of the poem Bumper Crushers that begins with:

Bumper crushers.
Spoiled smotherers of comforts all....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abccd aaeaddd Aadacaeaeba eaddeec AaeXXabcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,11,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11000101 01010 1100 010100101 1011101 100100010 01101 11011101 01010111 10101 1001 1010 101110 1100111 1011 101111 0101101 010010011 100111 100101010 1011010 11011101 010001 0011101 110101 11101 011001 01101 0100 1010 10111110 101 010101 11010 1000101 11011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Bumper Crushers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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