This is an analysis of the poem Galoots that begins with:

GALOOTS, you hairy, hankering,
Snousle on the bones you eat, chew at the gristle and lick the last of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 10110100 11011111010110100 11010010101011101101111 0111111111100101101100100101101 101011101011010101101110111011110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 105 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 20
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Galoots;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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