This is an analysis of the poem At 'that' Gay Club that begins with:

When people on a mission,
With motivation and incentive......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefaXbgXac cgXXgg c X hg eX ijd XgX icf XX cji XXchX ec dXXhhjdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,6,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,2,3,5,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 010101010 111010001 0101010 110110100010 0010101001 10010010000 100010 100101000 010001000111 1011101 001110 01011001 010100010111 11 01011001101 1110100 10010101100 010001 100101 11110101001 1010111011 1111 01001011 100110 1101010100101 1101 10100 100010010010 100 1101 1010011000 110 1111011 11 1 11110 11 111100 111010 11001001111 1111 1010111001 110011 111 110010 1101001 11 1101011000 1 1 0110001 1001010 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of At 'that' Gay Club;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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