This is an analysis of the poem Gay that begins with:
He's gay!
She's gay! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB ACB dcefc Xbeb ccXdfeX AABXACBccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,4,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 1011 01011101 11100100 01111 10101 011010 101010100 11010 00111 01001001010 101001111 010 11 1101 100101 110101001 011101101 1111010 01111100 0010100 11 11 1011 01011101 11100100 01111 101010 111111 0111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; gay is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gay is repeated).
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- summary of Gay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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