This is an analysis of the poem Little Things that begins with:
It's not the keys to a free Cadillac.
Or an expensive wardrobe presented, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEC dabfcgegfhfibgX fcd JXkJacgXg ABCDECbc XiX hbeggac cX flXg lkXXbXhbkg XbakXXgdfdjgage
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,15,3,9,8,3,7,2,4,10,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001101 1101011010 0110101 1101001 010101 01001010010 0 010111 1100101010 0110110 00101010 10001001 1110101 010101010 11010101 01111101 011 10010 0110101101 1111 10110001 010110 000101101 010010110101 010101 011010111 110 010101 110111 1000100 1011111 1111010 11110101 0101001101 1101011010 0110101 1101001 010101 01001010010 001010100 11011101 10 1010 010111011 1 11111101 110101 0111 111 011101111101 01101111010 1110110 111001111 110111 1110 1100101 1011 110110101 11111110 11 11110111 10101111 1100 001001 11010001001 100111100 011001010111 110 11001110 0111110101 111010 1111 1111 01010010 110010010100 01010001101010 11111 10011111111 10100101 11101 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to, you, and are repeated.
The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word toothpaste at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Little Things;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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