This is an analysis of the poem The Proof Is In The Pudding that begins with:
What on Earth is going on with them over there?
'I was approached to give my opinion, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaaXbcdX cacb EffX eXd EX b XcX b beX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,3,2,1,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010100101 1101011010 0100101 11111 0100010 01001001 101110 1110101 010110010 1 1001001010 10001 0101101 100100 111101 010100011 110110111 111111100010 1000 11 100100 111101 1111111001 100101001 1100 111 01100111110010 11011111 1010010 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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