This is an analysis of the poem Dinah Kneading Dough that begins with:

I have seen full many a sight
Born of day or drawn by night:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeddffdd ggbbffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1011111 1110101 1010101 1010111 10101001 1110111 1010101 1110111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111101 1011101 1111111 1110101 1011101 1111101 1010111 1011001 1111101 1010101 1110111 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 Dinah Kneading Dough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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