This is an analysis of the poem Leaving the Tate that begins with:

Coming out with your clutch of postcards
in a Tate gallery bag and another clutch...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab acde caaf egdh aXXi dfad Xbjg aajX hiXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011011 001100110101 01001001111 1010101010 110111110 0101101101 11011001001 110111010 010110101 0111010011 10100110 10010110100 101010111 1001011001 11101101 1101101010 1100111011 100111110 101100111 1011101000 11111001 111101001 0111101110 0110111111 101011010 110110110 1101111010 110110101 111011010 110010111 101001110 01100101 0010010111 110101111 11110101 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Leaving the Tate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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