This is an analysis of the poem Coo-Ee that begins with:

“Down under” boys on furlough are in town
Discharged from hospital, repaired and braced,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca cdcd ebeb efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101100111 1101011101 1100010111 1101010001 011111110010 1110111101 01010101010 1101001101 0101011111 1101110011 100101111 1101011101 010010111000 0101110111 11110000001 1101110101 1111110111 1110010101 1110001101 10010001111 111100111110 1101111111 01011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, they, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Coo-Ee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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