This is an analysis of the poem My Other Chinee Cook that begins with:
Yes, I got another Johnny; but he was to Number One
As a Satyr to Hyperion, as a rushlight to the sun;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbbb ccbb ddbb eebb bbbb bbXb ffbbaaXb ee bb aabb gXbbXggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101110101 1010001001010001 111011101110111 111010101011101 11110101111101 101010101110111 101010000110001 10101000010101 111110111010101 1111111001001001 1010100111111111 101010100110101 111010101010101 101010101110101 111000101011111 111001101011101 111110100110001 1100010101010001 111010101010111 111110101010101 11011101010011 11010111111101 11001100111111 101010111010101 101010101010101 11110101111001 1110101000110110 101010101010101 1111101000101001 111110101111101 10110110011111 101000101010101 11111111010101 111111111011111 111011101110101 111110111010101 11110101110101 11011101011101 11111111111101 11111101010101 111110101011001 101010100010101 11111111010011 11011101110101 11111111111101 01110101011000 11111101111111 111011111010101 101010111111001 01010101100001 111010101110101 101110100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; he, to, such, and, i, what, for, my, john, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, go are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word pie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Other Chinee Cook;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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