This is an analysis of the poem The God Of Common-Sense that begins with:

My Daddy used to wallop me for every small offense:
"Its takes a hair-brush back," said he, "to teach kids common-sense."...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXbaa bbccddaa eeffggXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101011100101 1010111011101110100 11011111011001 01110100010101 1101010100111010 011111001110011 11010011110101 11010100010101 11011101110101 11111111010111 11010001111111 11110101010111 01001101110111 11001101010111 11001101010111 01000100010101 11011111110101 01010101010011 110101010101101 11001100110011 11010101110101 1000101010101 110100111100111 11100101110111 11110100110100 11110100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, how, of, on are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sense at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The God Of Common-Sense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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