This is an analysis of the poem The Pet Coon that begins with:

Noey Bixler ketched him, and fetched him in to me
When he's ist a little teenty-weenty baby-coon... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefgfg hahabXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101111001 1110101010101 1111101111001 11101101111111 11100111110101 11010111110111 110100101111111 10111010111101 1111001111111 11011111010101 1010100111101 1111010111101 1111110110011 1101011101101 1100100010101 010110011111 11110111111111 101011110111 11011101011101 1101110010111001 11110101111001 111101011111101 01111101110101 010111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; him, an', in, my are repeated.

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

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

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