This is an analysis of the poem To A Poor Old Woman that begins with:
munching a plum on
the street a paper bag...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa BaXb Xcca aXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10011 010101 00001 11000 110 0011 000 11101 011101 0011 11001 100 010011 100101 11000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To A Poor Old Woman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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