This is an analysis of the poem The Calf that begins with:
RIGHT, sir! your text I'll prove it true,
Tho' heretics may laugh;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX eXeX fgfg gXgX cdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 110011 11011011 111101 11110011 111101 11111111 111101 1001010010 110011 0101010010 1101001 11111001 111101 01101111 010101 101111001 011111 11110111 011001 11110101 0101010 01011111 101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
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- summary of The Calf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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