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

Has anybody seen my mouse?
I opened his box for half a minute,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccaa a ddbbeebXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 1100111001 1011111000 1111101111 110111111 111110101 1100111 10111111 101101011011 110010110011 11111000101 1111100101 110111111 11101001001 1111 101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, tried, he are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mouse, one are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word mouse at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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