This is an analysis of the poem My Feud that begins with:

I hate my neighbour Widow Green;
I'd like to claw her face;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cacaca dedede cbcbcb ddddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 10101101 111101 11010101 010101 11111101 010101 10110101 110101 11110100 100101 01011111 010111 11111101 101101 11010101 111011 11110101 100101 11010101 010001 11111101 111101 11010101 111101 01010111 110101 11111111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 My Feud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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