This is an analysis of the poem Wheels that begins with:

Since I am sick of Wheels
That jar my day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacA dedebabA fdfdgaXa bgbgdXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1111 100111 1101 100101 1001 110101 01 110101 1101 111101 01001 101101 1101 111101 01 111111 0111 111101 0101 110101 1101 1000100 11 010101 1101 111101 1111 110101 0101 111101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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