This is an analysis of the poem Standing Room Only that begins with:
This population explosion
Said Peter to St. Paul...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacdcXbdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010010 110011 01010111 11101001 101010 100101 11011101 111001 11001010 01011001 110111101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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- summary of Standing Room Only;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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