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

My wife's new pink slippers
have gay pompons. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXXbXbXaXXabXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1111 10101101 11101111 1111010 10011 10011100 110010 10110 01001 100101 11010 1010 00101111 11100 01101 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 The Thinker;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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