This is an analysis of the poem The Fathers that begins with:

Snug at the club two fathers sat,
Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeecec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011101 11011101 10011101 11010010 11010101 11000111 110010101 11110101 01010101 101010111 01010111 01110101 11010101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s is repeated.

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

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