This is an analysis of the poem Debonair that begins with:
With your collar up and buttoned,
Struttin' like you're really somethin'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE FGCEE HII FGCEE ABCDEXHIIHIIi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101110 10111010 111001 0110101 110111 11 0111 1110101 0010011 1111101 11 111 101101101010101 11 0111 1110101 0010011 1111101 01101110 10111010 111001 0110101 110111 11 111 101101101010101 11 111 101101101010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and are repeated.
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- summary of Debonair;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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