This is an analysis of the poem Caboose Thoughts that begins with:
IT'S going to come out all right-do you know?
The sun, the birds, the grass-they know....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAB bcdc ebfeffeX Xb XX fg Xgc hX hfi iXijeh jdfXaAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,2,2,2,3,2,3,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001111111 01010111 110111101 110010110110 101011111 1101100111111 101011111 1001111 111111110 11101111010 11101111 11111101001 011101001 100110111 11010110111 110101010010 10010010 11010111000 0011100111 1101100110 10101011 11001 1110011111010 111010101101 1110110 011010010 11010110 10001010110101 1111101010 110011011 11111011011 01101011001 110101011101 11010101011101011 111111101100101011001100 11011010101 10100111011 0101101111 01001111111 01010111 110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, of, in, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, it's are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines know is repeated).
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- summary of Caboose Thoughts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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