This is an analysis of the poem The Mad Yak that begins with:

I am watching them churn the last milk they'll ever get from me.
They are waiting for me to die;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXbXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001011110101 11101101 1101101011 11110110 11111011011011 111001000 110111001 11011011 1110110 110111001 111001 11011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

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