This is an analysis of the poem Death Of The Kapowsin Tavern that begins with:

I can't ridge it back again from char.
Not one board left. Only ash a cat explores...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdefac dbgagbXbfXXa gXgehfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101 11111010101 11011111 0100010101 0001011111 1011010001 0101010111 1101011001 10101010 01111011 001100101 110101111 11100001 111110101 0101011101 011101010 101000101 11011101011 0010101000100 0111010101 0101110101 101110101 01011101 010001011 10110101 10100101 1111010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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