This is an analysis of the poem Chipped China that begins with:
Don't hand to me,
Your chipped China....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdef gbafd XXahde acaiXcg bhiXgeh eibghdggjg EbeEgjXgX KjBAKjBXKjBAKjB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,7,7,10,9,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1110 111011 01101 1110 11010 10101101 1110 010101 001111100 101111 1111 110101010 111001 01101011 11011101 11010111 1101 10101010001 1100101 11111011 101000110 010111 1000111110 010111010 1110010 11001000 0111011 010111 101100101 110100101 1 01010 11101010 111 000101 1101010101 110101 101100100 001100010101 1100111001 111 111110 011101 111 1111 0111101011 110101101 10011010101 1111010 0101000 1 110 11 0101000 1 110 0101000 1 110 11 0101000 1 110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 64
- 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; to, your are repeated.
The author used the same words and, did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word china at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Chipped China;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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