This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Malone And The Censor that begins with:

When Mrs. Malone got a letter from Pat
She started to read it aloud in her flat....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaabb ccddeeff aaddggXX aaXghhgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11001101001 11001001001 11001011111 01101101001 01011111001 101001001011 111101111001 11011111111 11001011001 11011111101 11111101001 11101011101 101011111011 01011111111 01011101111 010001101101 10101011011 01011111001 101111011101 01011101111 11011011111 11111101111 110110110110 011111110100 11011001001 11111111011 111110111111 111101001111 111101111011 11111101001 101011111101 001111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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'm 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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