This is an analysis of the poem My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant that begins with:
—he's a dandy
—small moustache...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb cd efX e gdX eh cie gj XX X iX hb fbbX ce XajXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,1,3,2,3,2,2,1,2,2,4,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 111 100101001 110100111 1010 1111111 1011010 100 1000110 11001 10111 1000 10010011 1 111111101 111 1 1111 01 1001110001 10 10101100 100001111 10 1011 11010001 100111010100 111101001 1011010101 10 1001101 10 111101 1101110 10111011111 010 1
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words next, 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 your is repeated).
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- summary of My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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