This is an analysis of the poem Whittle Little Bits that begins with:

Whittle little bits...
Off that chip, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdDc E ecae EDEEEDE bdDC EDEEEDCfEDEEEDCfEAEAEAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,4,7,4,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 111 100001 1101010 01110 1001 1100 0101001101 110001010 1111 101000 1100 1101110 1100 11101 1100 1101110 1100 10101111 1000011101010 01110 1101101 1100 1101110 1100 11101 1100 1101110 1101101 1 1100 1101110 1100 11101 1100 1101110 1101101 1 1100 010101 1100 010101 1100 010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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  • summary of Whittle Little Bits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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