This is an analysis of the poem Sewing, Knitting, Crocheting... that begins with:

A small striped sleeve in her lap,
navy and white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXXc addeaX Xafda eXcggfccbcaafahcg giaeXhghif Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,5,17,10,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001 1011 101001001 011 10110011010 101 1010110100 01 0011 010101 100010010 111001 01100001001 010111000 1101111 10010101001101 010 010100100 0101010001 1101 110110010 101001010 00101 011100110 010001101 11001010 11010 10101101 10001 101010 10110101 111011 1001 1111001 110 1 1011000 101001 11011 1101 010 1 111 1 111 101 01011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sewing, Knitting, Crocheting...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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