This is an analysis of the poem Poppies that begins with:

Some scarlet poppies lay upon our right.
He watched them through his periscope all day....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd defef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101010111 1111011001 110101 1101110001 1111110101 0111010001 110101 110111111 1 1001011101 0101000101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, they are repeated.

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  • summary of Poppies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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