This is an analysis of the poem No Crustaceans Fresh To Eat that begins with:

You prefer to have your shrimp,
With a side of lobster....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXC DEXC fFGHX ABXC DEXC DDDI ABXC DDDI fFGHX dDJGXC JGXC JGXC DFXGXC DXXC DXXC DFXGXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,6,4,4,6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 001010 1011 00111 110101 0011010 1011 00111 1011010011 11010011111 010 11111001001 010101010 1010111 001010 1011 00111 110101 0011010 1011 00111 10100011111 1010101010111 111011101111 01101 1010111 001010 1011 00111 10100011111 1010101010111 111011101111 01101 1011010011 11010011111 010 11111001001 010101010 10100011111 111011101111 11101010111 0111 1011 00111 11101010111 0111 1011 00111 11101010111 0111 1011 00111 100100011111 10101011101 11101010 001111 1011 00111 1010101 11101010 1011 00111 1010101 11101010 1011 00111 100100011111 10101011101 11101010 001111 1011 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, and, you, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words you, and, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of No Crustaceans Fresh To Eat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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