This is an analysis of the poem Mama, Why You Put Your Cleats On? that begins with:

Mama,
Why you put your cleats on? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bcdecXfe Ae XgheXbdgX Afh fhfecdgf bibegX Ah XXheigcX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,2,9,3,8,6,2,8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 111111 1010011 0101010110 10101110 010101101 0101111 110110101 1111010101 001 110 111011111 1 11011101 00101 10111 0101101 101110101 111111 10011 111 110 010101 11101111 110001101 0101001011 110100110 0110101 101101101 1110110 01101 1001100010010 10100101 10100011011 1010001 1100101 010111 111111 110 111111 1 11110 110010 1101101 1101001 1 11110 11101011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; with, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Mama, Why You Put Your Cleats On?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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