This is an analysis of the poem Like An 's' From Missis-Ippi that begins with:

Look,
It's like this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXac aaXbc dbadXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010 110101 01111 010111101 11101010 101101 10101110 01111110101 1110101 11110101111 1 11101010110 011110 11101 010101 11010010 111 01010 11 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Like An 's' From Missis-Ippi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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