This is an analysis of the poem Tophat, Cape And Evening Gloves that begins with:
Please keep me humble.
Don't let me stumble on my arrogance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXAbcXcdccAcXeeaf X gbXdafbh X cXdghdcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 1111011100 111101101 11110 11111001 0111111 11010 110100111 11101101010 0100111 10010110100111 11110 11 0111010101010 110101011011 1111 1110 01110101 1111101 1 01 111110 11101 1111001 010101 10101 1010101 11011010101 011 1111110 1111110010 0111 01101001 11100111110 11111 111011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; me, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, i are repeated.
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