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

Mr. Ramsbottom went to the races,
A thing as he'd ne'er done before,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXXd Xefe ghXh adid hXaX XhcX XiaX jkhk glXl fbXX XiXi mhjh jjmj fiXi ghiX XfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010 01111101 1111110010 11111111 110110010 00101101 1110010010 11011001 1010011010 110011111 1011011010 11111111 110010110 11111101 110010110 01101001 110010010 101101111 111111001 11101011 11011010011 11001101 1110010110 011111010 111110011 11011011 00110101101 1100101010 10110010110 0010111011 111010010 110010110 110110010 11011011 1010010010 11101011 111111010 11011101 11111100110 01001101 1110110010 101001001 11101100100 1001110011 0100110111 0111001101 11101111100 111011111 111011110 111101111 110010110 1111111101 1111010011 111011101 1010011010 11101001 110011010 01001001 110010010 111001011 111110010 001101001 1011010110 1110110010 110101101100 10110110010 010011111 0111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, to, one, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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