This is an analysis of the poem Turkey? that begins with:

Only ate one drumstick
At the picnic dance this summer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10111010 111010 11110010 1111010 1111010 11010111 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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