This is an analysis of the poem Cahoots that begins with:
PLAY it across the table.
What if we steal this city blind?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa aXbaX XbcX cXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010 10110101 01110110101 10111101 10111101 111001 1010101101 10011011111010 11010 011110011 1011011110 10 101010110111011 11111110110101 10100110 1100011010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Cahoots;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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