This is an analysis of the poem Crowded Tub that begins with:
There are too many kids in this tub
There are too many elbows to scrub...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101001 111101101 111001101101 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, too, many are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
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- summary of Crowded Tub;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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