This is an analysis of the poem Old Clo that begins with:

I was just coming in from the garden,
Or about to go fishing for eels,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXXX dedeeceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000010 101011011 110111010 11101101 111111011 111001101 111111011 111111110 1111010010 11101011 111110010 11001011 11001011 01011011 01011111 1110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; you, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Old Clo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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