This is an analysis of the poem Buttered Peas With Crushed Red Pepper that begins with:

Don't take the peas up off my plate.
That irritates....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacX AABa DBdA AADAXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 1101 110101100 1111101 1111001 111010 110001 01010111 11100101 1111111 10101110 11100101 11010111110 1111111 110001 01010111 10101110 1111111 1111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Buttered Peas With Crushed Red Pepper;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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