This is an analysis of the poem Thick-Headed And Caught Mangled that begins with:

Thick-headed and caught mangled.
And also flip lidded....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXAX Bcdc BdeAf gdXahcfXX hiG iGAhe AaAaXAaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,9,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 110110 1101110 110110 101011 1110101 11 1101010 101011 11101 1101 101010 11110101 100100101 101010 01010111 1 0100011101 0101010 001110101 11011000 01110101 100011101 0101110 0111 0101110 0111 101010 01010101 00010 110 1 110 001010101 110 1 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, tricking, thick at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Thick-Headed And Caught Mangled;
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  • history of its creation;
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