This is an analysis of the poem Tea On The Lawn that begins with:

It was foretold by sybils three
that in an air crash he would die....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabX cacXdd eaeaaa fgfgbb cacahh Xabadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011101 10111111 1011100011 101110111 10011111 110101010 01110101 01111111 11110111 11110100 11111111 11111100 11110101 11010111 11011101 11010001 10111101 010011101 01011101 101111101 11010111 11101111 11011111 11110101 101110001 00111101 01110111 01010001 01010101 11110001 10101010110 01110101 01010101 10010111 10111111 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Tea On The Lawn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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