This is an analysis of the poem Ghastly Ghoulish Rule that begins with:
Why be dismayed,
By the eggs these chickens laid? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaXXcXcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 1011101 1011010 10101010 00010011 101111101 11111011 01011101 111101101 11010 11001 11101 11010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 13
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Ghastly Ghoulish Rule;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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