This is an analysis of the poem Ripe Fruit that begins with:

Through eyelet holes I watched the crowd
Rain of confetti fling;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededfdfd ghghdiXi jdjdkbkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 100101 11011101 110001 01010011 011101 11011101 10101101 11111101 111111 01110101 110111 010010011 010001 11110101 010101 11110101 111101 11111111 010101 11110101 010101 11010100 110101 110111001 110100 01010101 010111 11010101 110101 11111101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

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

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