This is an analysis of the poem The Hangman At Home that begins with:
What does a hangman think about
When he goes home at night from work? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcbbdaeffghfbdcdXehXigie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11111101 11110011 1010101010 10111111 10010011 110111111 111101101 01011101 101010010 101011110 111101010 101110010 1110111 011110101 11011101 11011110 110011111 000110111 11001111 0101010101 1101110 1011101010 1111101010 111010101010 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 919
- Average number of words per stanza: 186
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, baby are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Hangman At Home;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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