This is an analysis of the poem It Aint Even A Horse. It's Just A Little Pony that begins with:

Kept or tolerated relationships,
Are only worth what others may say....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc addXXebX fXgXe egcX bhdea XaeXeX Xfeaa XhX afeecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,5,4,5,6,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110100101 110111011 10101110101 11110101 11011010 101000100 01111101 01011010 101010100 101 100011100 010 1101010101101 10101011101 111010 11011110 11100 01101011101 0101100100101 110010111010111 1 0110100101 11011 111000101 110100010 10 0100 1011001 11011010 11110101 1100101101111 11010011 0100100100 1111111 11110101100 0111100101001 1 0001111000101 011111110111 011001 0101010 101101110 01 1111110010 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of It Aint Even A Horse. It's Just A Little Pony;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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