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

The snail moves like a
Hovercraft, held up by a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc decX cccf XbdX gfeg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 1011110 1010001 10010 0011011 1010011 111111 01011011 111111 1001001 110111 1100110 011110 011001001 1101011 10110101 10101 100101 10111001 0011001 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hedgehog, to, we are repeated.

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

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

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