This is an analysis of the poem The Wifebeater that begins with:
There will be mud on the carpet tonight
and blood in the gravy as well....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabXXaccXdXeXbdXedcfXaggXfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101001 11001011 0100001 010001 10111010001 11111 01011010 1010110011 01110111 1111101 1011110 101001 110110100 11101011010 101111010 1110111111 1010101001011 0111001010010 0011010101 01001 111010011 01000010 11110011 111111101010 1110111100 010000101 0110111101 101110100110 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1014
- Average number of words per stanza: 197
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines out is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Wifebeater;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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