This is an analysis of the poem The Swan I Married Became A Moose that begins with:
Crusted mustard breath,
I awakened to......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB ACD EFGH gX XXcX EFGH ibhc fhb XX ABB ACD EFGH fg gcX j eXjX J X J ffXXij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,2,4,4,4,3,2,3,3,4,2,3,1,4,1,1,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 10100 1111 11111 1101 11 111101 11110101 101110 0101 011101 1101010 110010 0111 111110 01 111101 11110101 101110 0101 111100 1011011 111111 1111 1110101 01100 111001 11111010 111101 10101 10100 1111 11111 1101 11 111101 11110101 101110 0101 111001 1111101 11 111101011011 111 11111 11 110100110 111111 100101010101 11111 1011001 11111 1111 1 111110011 1000 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of The Swan I Married Became A Moose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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