This is an analysis of the poem Like A Barfly Loaded With Clipped Wings that begins with:

Recycled hips?
I sat and thought....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaca bcXdea afaghgdgdgi Xif eXbX eXbhbhcdbdcbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,11,3,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 1111 10101 1110101 11101 111011100 11111 110 1101 1101011 00110 0101100 01111110 010 11111001100 1011110100101 1111001 10111110101 11110 101 1110101 011101 101010011 111010 10011 110111010 11 011 101 10001110100 11010101 11001010110 01010111 10111101 1101101 110101 11010001 111110 0010001111 10111101110 1111 11111001 11011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • 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 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; she is repeated.

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  • summary of Like A Barfly Loaded With Clipped Wings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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