This is an analysis of the poem What Little Things! that begins with:

From 'One Day and Another'
What little things are those... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcc daXaaa dedeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111100 110111 111100 010101 100111 010101 111111 111101 010111 010100 010101 1111001 101011 100101 110100 110101 001100 010110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 What Little Things!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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