This is an analysis of the poem The Blue Flannel Shirt that begins with:

I am eager once more to feel easy,
I'm weary of thinking of dress;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcded afefedcd cdXdcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110110 01001001 010010110 11001011 010010011 11001001 1111110010 01001101 110110010 11101001 010110110 11111001 011010010 10111101 1010011110 11011101 1111110110 01011001 1110110110 101011011 111011010 11001001 111110010 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, your, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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