This is an analysis of the poem Balloon that begins with:
I bought my little grandchild Ann
A bright balloon,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dddddada cdcdeaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 0101 11110101 0101 11110001 1101 11011101 1101 10010001 0101 11110011 1111 11110101 1101 11000101 1001 11011111 0000 01010101 1101 11011001 1101 11110100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Balloon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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