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

We have hustled that litter in Heatherlie Whin,
Two crouch in the bracken, two dodge in the corn, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabcbcdedeafaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101100101 11001011001 101111101101 101111011001 11011101011 001001101001 101001001001 111001011101 01011001101 101011011001 10101101001 11111111011 111000111101 101001001011 111111001011 111101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 802
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, us, him are repeated.

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

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