This is an analysis of the poem Sugar Beets And Peas that begins with:

Give me sugar beets and peas.
Because I like the taste of them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB AC ADDAAC AB AC ADDAACCCC aXAC AB AAAC CCCXeec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,6,2,2,9,4,2,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 01110100 1110111 1100110 1110111 01011101 101010111 111111 1011 11110 1110111 01110100 1110111 1100110 1110111 01011101 101010111 111111 1011 11110 0101011 1110 0101011 110111 1 1110111 1100110 1110111 01110100 1110111 111111 1011 11110 0101011 1110 0101011 11011 110001 11110 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; give, me, and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Sugar Beets And Peas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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