This is an analysis of the poem Warning The Carpenter that begins with:

SAY, Mister Carpenter, you know, you got me spanked last night,
I guess your Pa and Ma forgot to teach you what was right; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdd bbcceedd eeddff ddggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010011111111 11111101011111 11111101011111 11110111110101 11010111110101 111111010101110 11110111111101 11011111101111 11110101110101 11111110110011 11110101110011 11111111010111 11011011010101 111111110011101 11010100110111 10111101111101 11111101111101 111111110111001 11110001011101 01010111110101 11110100111101 11111111011101 01111111111111 110100011111001 11111101110101 11011111101101 11010101111111 111111111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, an', my, to, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Warning The Carpenter;
  • central theme;
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