This is an analysis of the poem I...'Think' We Are Both In The Kitchen? that begins with:

Mom?
The kids at school, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc X dddd bdbeaXXX XXX X Xde XXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,8,3,1,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111 1101101 1101 11 01111111 111111 11111 111110111 1101 110100 1011 01 10110111 101000110 011001001 0100011 1111011 1100100100 111010 111101 1 11101 1001001110 11101 1 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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  • summary of I...'Think' We Are Both In The Kitchen?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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