This is an analysis of the poem Loose And Untied that begins with:

Said I woke up,
This mawnin'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBABB CDde aefG CXbCXbXX hXh CaXGbbAbGb CDegb EXb bAXBbABB EXfG AXBABBfG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,8,3,10,5,3,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 010 01010111 1111 1110101 01010111 10101010101 1110101 011100011 11110 1111 10 011101 111 11 0101010 0110111 11 10111 11110001 01100111 101010 10111010 0111 10101 11 11 010 01010 111 1 111 1111101 01010 111 10101010101 1110101 01110001110 111000101010 1101 111110 0110 1011 1 111 010 01010111 1 111 1110101 01010111 111110 01 1101 111 1111 010 01010111 1111 1110101 01010111 111101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Loose And Untied;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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