This is an analysis of the poem Mice that begins with:
I think mice
Are rather nice....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a a X b X b X c c c d e d e aXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1101 1111 1101 11010 111 1111 1111 1101 0111 1101 111 1111 0101 1111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 17
- Average number of words per stanza: 3
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, they are repeated.
The author used the same words their, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Mice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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