This is an analysis of the poem Our Mat that begins with:
It came from the prison this morning,
Close-twisted, neat-lettered, and flat; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc XcXX XeXe fgfg XXcc ghgh dbdb Xbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010010 11011011 010111010 01001001 1011010010 111001001 110010110 11001001 010111110 01001001 1011110010 1101110100 110110010 01111011 11101011 01010011 111010010 11011011 1010011010 11001001 101111001000 10100110010 111010010 01001011 1010010010 101111001 0010010010 001101011 011110010 11011001 0110110010 101011001 10110110100 11011011 1111111011 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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; of, some, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, of are repeated.
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- summary of Our Mat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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