This is an analysis of the poem In That Corner Is The Soup that begins with:

I have a degree from Harvard.
'I have a degree from Yale.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X XXa XaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 11001010 1100100100 00101011 011101 11 101110101 1 1001 111101 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, degree, from are repeated.

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  • summary of In That Corner Is The Soup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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