This is an analysis of the poem On My Futon that begins with:
My futon...
Go ahead and lay your head on it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBc ABBc BADACAD BADACAD ABBeE ABBeE BADACAD ABBeE AeE AeE ABeEEXABBeEE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,7,5,5,7,5,3,3,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 101111110 1011101 11010000 110 101111110 1011101 11010000 1111 1110 111 1110 011 1110 111101 1111 1110 111 1110 011 1110 111101 110 101111110 10111101 1 10101 1110 101111110 10111101 1 10101 1111 1110 111 1110 011 1110 111101 1110 101111110 10111101 1 10101 1110 1 10101 1110 1 10101 1110 101111110 1 10101 110 1110 101111110 10111101 1 10101 110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word go is repeated.
The author used the same words my, get, on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words this, keep, relieved, mellowed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of On My Futon;
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