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

Put on a clean shirt
before you die, some Russian said....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbe fXeXg GahbcX XabXX GXXiaf fbdfahfeiXhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,5,6,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 01111101 10011 11111 1111 11111 111001 0111100 001 11110001001 01101101010 10101010010 111 1101 11011001 1001001010110 11110111110 11010010101 101 11100 01011111001 11101 11100111 111 0010010111 01010110 11110111110 0101000101 10010111010 110111110 010111 10111010 111110110 011011010 11110101100110 101010111 1010100101 011011 1001011 1001001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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