This is an analysis of the poem I Bought A Red Hat that begins with:

I bought a red hat
To please my lover. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 01110 101010 111110 10011 111010 100111 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Bought A Red Hat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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