The Hideous Chair by Erin Belieu: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Hideous Chair that begins with:

This hideous,
upholstered in gift-wrap fabric, chromed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XaX ccd eb X bcX Xbe bXX faf aXgXagd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,2,1,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 0100111010 0100110100 101011 010 100101 10101101 0010001001 101011 110011 11110 1101001 1100101010 001110 11101 101100101 1011011010 1111111 111101110 1001010 1010101111 1110101010 11010111 10101000 11010100 1101001 10001010 0101000100 11101010 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; for, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Hideous Chair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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