This is an analysis of the poem The Headliner And The Breadliner that begins with:

Moko, the Educated Ape is here,
The pet of vaudeville, so the posters say,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 0101010101 11001010101 0110010001 0111010101 1010010111 1101001101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010111 1101011111 0101110111 1010111011101 100101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Headliner And The Breadliner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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