This is an analysis of the poem My Ferret Sees A Therapist that begins with:
My ferret sees a therapist,
On Wednesdays after sipping tea. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXccXX ddaaXeeX bbXABdab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 11110101 1101011100 011010010100 10111110110 010001011101 11110111 1010100101111 01110011010 11101000100010 1101111011 1101110111 11111001001 10000100111 111101111101 1111111111 101110101 1100010101001 11010100 11110101 11010101 111010100 0100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, on are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Ferret Sees A Therapist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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