This is an analysis of the poem Stafford's Cabin that begins with:
Once there was a cabin here, and once there was a man;
And something happened here before my memory began. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff gghh aaee eeeeXccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110101111101 11010101110001 1110100010011 11110001010101 1110101111101 11110011110100 1000101110101 11000101110111 11011101110101 01011101111101 1110101110101 11110111011101 11000100110101 11010101111101 1000101011101 01010111100101 10101010010001 11110101110101 11111101011111 10100101111101 11110101110100 111010101011101 11011100011101 110101011010101 1000101110111 11111101110101 01011101011101 11010101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, it, to, that, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stafford's Cabin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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