This is an analysis of the poem The Graduation Dress that begins with:
I'M not kicking on expenses, now the sewing time commences,
I will buy chiffon and laces till they say they've got enough; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbacdc efgfdcgC XeaeccdC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101010101010 101011101111101 1011101010101010 001010100100101 1110101010111010 111000101100101 1101111000101110 101010100010101 1110111010101110 111000100010101 1111101010101010 111000100110101 11101010100100010 001111101010101 1111001011111110 101110100010101 1011011001101110 10101010101 1110111000101110 1100110111 1010101010101110 111011101011101 1110101011101010 101110100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 482
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, her, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word gown at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Graduation Dress;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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