This is an analysis of the poem For Laurel and Hardy on My Workroom Wall that begins with:

They're tipping their battered derbies and striding forward
In step for a change, chipper, self-assured, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbXbcbcdefXXdXefbceaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101011010 0110110101 11111010 101011011011 000111010 111011101 0101001101 1010011110110 111010010 1001110111 0100101010 101010100010 01001010101 110010111000 11011101101 00100011010 01010100100 010000110100010 1110110101101 0111011111 0111010011 010100101111 0011100101 11110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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  • summary of For Laurel and Hardy on My Workroom Wall;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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