This is an analysis of the poem Pigs that begins with:
Pigs do not always 'oink'.
To have it heard to easily identify them....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabb XXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111 0101010001010 111101001010 01100011101 01001101001 01 11111001 10001010 1100101 1010101100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
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- summary of Pigs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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