This is an analysis of the poem To The Lady In The Electric that begins with:

Lady in the show case carriage,
Do not think that I'm a bear;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dcdcdcdc ebebeXeX dfdfdcdcXededdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 1111001 11111010 1110111 11111110 11101100 11100010 11101010 01111010 1110101 10101110 0110111 11111010 10111011 10111010 11101011 10101110 1001111 10110010 1011101 11111010 00100111 10001010 00101011 10101010 1110111 11111010 1110101 11111010 11100011 00101010 11101011 10111010 101110100 00101010 111010100 11111010 11101011 11101010 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

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

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

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