This is an analysis of the poem In Praise Of Clothes that begins with:
If it is only for the taking off-
the velvet cloak,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXb AXccdXbXbbd XXacdaXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001010101 0101 0101010 01110001 00101110 1010110 0001010101 0111 0100001 0111 01010 01011 01110 10011 100111 01010 10011 111010 1101000111 11 10101 0111 101010111 00110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; soul is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase soul connects the lines.
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- summary of In Praise Of Clothes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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