This is an analysis of the poem Company K that begins with:

There is a cap in the closet,
Old, tattered, and blue-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdX befedcdX fgdgXcdX hhhhicbX bjhjfcaX XbdbicXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 11011 010110 01001 1011010 111001 0010010 111 011010 11011 110110 01011 1110010 01011 1010010 111 111110 01001 10010010 11001 101011 11001 111010 111 111010 11001 110110 11001 110110 11111 111010 111 110110 11101 1101010 11011 1100100 0001 1001111 111 1110010 01001 110110 11001 11111 111001 11011 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 words who, whose are repeated.

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

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