This is an analysis of the poem Where Is It Clean that begins with:

when your mother can rise from her place
on the pew during the early service,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bX cb ad ee Xf dg af gh XX fd Xe ci ea hh je de iX ejXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 1011001010 100110110101 001111101 0010100010111 0010101111101 110101010101 11101111 01100111111 111010111 1001011101 110111110 10101010101 0010010101110 1110010010011 1010010010 111110101 1100101010110 1011010010100 100101011 001001101110 0101010010001 0011110001 101110001 111110010101 0110111 01010010100100 1001110101 1111111010 1011101010 10101110011 1110101111 010101011111 00101111100 01010111001001 11000100101 1011010 101111101111 11111101101 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, her, and, can are repeated.

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  • summary of Where Is It Clean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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