This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Ironing that begins with:

Poetry is white:
it comes from water swathed in drops,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXXccXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10001 01010101 010110 01011011 0110100101 101110 01010011 111101 011011001 101001 101011001 00100010 1010101 100011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 446
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Ode To Ironing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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