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

Two little creatures
with faces the size of ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBAcXcXXXdXXXaaXXaaaaXdXXceXcfXeBAaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 010010 01010 110110 1011110 110010 00110 10011 11110 01101 11011 10010 11110 11110 1111 010100 1001 0011010 10110 010110 11010 101111 11111 1110 10110 01110 1101 10010 110010 110110 101 011010 010010 01010 110111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 803
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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