This is an analysis of the poem A Wolf Is At The Laundromat that begins with:
A wolf is at the Laundromat,
it's not a wary stare-wolf,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 0101011 01110101 0101011 01010101 0001011 11010101 0001111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; wolf, it, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, it are repeated.
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