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

Some people are not having manners,
this I am always observing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcacbc cXdeXfc becXdcX gbebeXbfdfe bfXcbfXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,11,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 01111010 101010111 11101 110101011100 10100111 110111010 11111 11011011 1010001010 101010010 10100100 111001101110 10011 1000101001111 110010 1101010100 10101 11110110 101010100 10100101 111001001 1010101011 10111110 11111 11010 11101111 11111011 11110 11011 11101010 0010101 111100 1110010 110011011 11111011 110101111 1010 11111111 01101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, i'm, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soap is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word soap at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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