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

GIVE me your anathema.
Speak new damnations on my head....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 11100111 010100101 0101011010 011110111110011 100101111 0100101110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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