This is an analysis of the poem Just Too Brand New To Do A Stoop that begins with:

Just too brand new to do a stoop.
To seek a lover....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC Acad DBEDcDBcd DBED ABACXAbAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01010 11110101 00101 11110101 001 11000101 0010111 1111011101 110110 11110111 1110101 1 1111011101 110110 001010111 1111001 1111011101 110110 11110111 1110101 11110101 01010 11110101 00101 11110101 0010010 11110101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words just, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word need at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Just Too Brand New To Do A Stoop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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