This is an analysis of the poem That's A Thoroughbred that begins with:
Is the fresh dew appearing,
On the backside of a thoroughbred horse......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcXcXXb dbXXaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011010 1011001011 101010 1011010101 101 1101100111 1101001 100101101101 01101 11101 101011001 11010111001 101 1111010011 111110101 1010101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; lap is repeated.
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- summary of That's A Thoroughbred;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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