This is an analysis of the poem Culture And Cops that begins with:

Five nights agone I lay at rest
On my suburban couch.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcBdd ddedee fagaee hhehii jabadd edkdll dbgBdd jmamnn aehenn dfiXdX XdeXnX daaXff XdcXXX nbiBnX dhaheX dgdXnX akdkaX hgmgbb eXnXcX gahaii aadahX dieiaXXeahann
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101111 110101 11010101 110111 01111101 011100111 11111101 111011 110100101 010101 11010001 11010100 11011111 010101 11111111 111111 11010011 11110101 11011111 110101 11010111 110111 11011011 10010011 01011001 110101 01010101 011001 10010101 01000111 11010101 011101 11011101 010101 01010111 11110011 01011101 101101 01110101 110111 11110111 11011101 00010111 010101 11110101 011011 01100111 01011111 11110101 111001 01011101 010101 11010101 01100101 11111101 111101 10010111 111101 01011101 11011111 11011110 011111 10011101 010101 11010111 100010101 110101011 101101 11010101 011100 11011001 11010101 11011001 010101 10101101 110101 111001010 111101010 11111001 011101 11011001 110111 110101011 11110101 10111001 110101 01010011 010101 11101001 111111010 111111011 110101 11010101 010001 11010111 11110111 11010101 111101 01011111 011111 11111111 1101110110 11011111 110111 11110101 1100111 11011101 11010101 11111101 111111 01110101 100101 01111101 11101111 01011101 010111 11011111 010100 01111101 11011101 01010100 011111 01010101 111101 01011111 01010111 100100011 010101 01011101 1110110 11010101 11110100 11011101 010111 11010101 111111 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; that, my, ', i, late are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words said, my, a are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Culture And Cops;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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