This is an analysis of the poem Nibbling Away that begins with:
You are in my backyard,
Nibbling away inch by inch......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXaXbXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 10001111 1001011101 11011100010 10110011100 0111111 11010010000111 0010111010 110 01010010101011 111011111 1101111110 110111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
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- summary of Nibbling Away;
- central theme;
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- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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