This is an analysis of the poem Philip Whalen's Hat that begins with:

I woke up about 2:30 this morning and thought about Philip's
hat....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaXXXXcaXbc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111011010110110 1 001101000101 1010110111110 01001 0111 00110100100110010 11011001 1101000100101010 1011010111001 011010101001111 1011111010101111 0111101001001 1111001 0111011101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; it, he are repeated.

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