This is an analysis of the poem Raccoon that begins with:
Coon, why did you come to this dance
with a mask on? Why not the tin man...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXXXaXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011001 001111011 101111101 011001001 1111010010 01111010 011101011 110110101 111011010 11111001101 10010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; why, his are repeated.
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- summary of Raccoon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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