This is an analysis of the poem Linked To A Steam Engine that begins with:
If folks enjoy riding backward,
On the caboose of a train......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbaaXedbfggcafXbec XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011010 1001001 11101 100110 11010010001 1110001 11100111001 11110011101 010 01101 011101110 1111011011010 10101110 11001011 11110100 010101001010 111001010010 110100 1010110110 001 10010111001 10011100100 11110 1 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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- summary of Linked To A Steam Engine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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