This is an analysis of the poem The Table And The Chair that begins with:
Said the Table to the Chair,
'You can hardly be aware... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbccXA ddcXeeXX ffggggaX hheeccii jjfXXdkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001 1110001 1110001 1010111 0110101 1110101 111101 1010001 10110010 11111110 110011 1111101 1010001 1111101 1110111 111111 1111101 110101 0010101 1110111 110101 1110011 1010101 1110101 10101110 00100010 1010111 110101 1010101 110101 1010101 110011 11100110 10101010 10101110 11111110 1010101 10101010 1110111 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word said is repeated.
The author used the same word said at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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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