This is an analysis of the poem The Dragon Of Grindly Grun that begins with:

I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
I breathe fire as hot as the sun. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabba ccXXc AaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 00100101 111011101 101101 111111 101101001 111011011 11101001 1111010 110010 000101011 00100101 1110101011 1111101001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Dragon Of Grindly Grun;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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