This is an analysis of the poem Who that begins with:

The month of flowering's finished. The fruit's in,
Eaten or rotten. I am all mouth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xde fdX aae gXf eXX cee hff bde heX gXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010010 101101111 01001110 1110101010 11101101 1111101011 11100101 010110 110010100 01001111101 1001001011111 110110010 1001101 10010101 1111101 10001010101 0100111011110 111110 1010010 01010111 111101011111 00011 1101011110 0110101 1011011 110010100100 111101011011 11110100101 10101010 1011110010 0101101111 11111110101 11110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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