This is an analysis of the poem Botched Notches that begins with:
Who pulled the rug from under the thugs.
To have them unprepared, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcbc ddXeeXffcacg X GgGXbGXXggc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,1,11,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101001 010101 100100101 0110101100 00101101 10101 1111110110 1100010 01110 1 1001011 00111000 100 11101101 101011101 011110 10011111 1111 100001111 10001 10010101 10001 11101 10101 10001 1101011 1001 0101101101 111011001 101011 100001111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 31
- 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:
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 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; who is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words someone, who are repeated.
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- summary of Botched Notches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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