This is an analysis of the poem Unbuckling From That Tight Thick Strap that begins with:
On my back,
I see you casting shadows....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC Dd AE ABFFXghhhbh Df AEcX ABBCXcgcg ABFFXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,11,2,4,9,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1111011 110010111 111111 1111100011 1 111111 110010011 111111 1101 1100010101 111 011 1 11111 01010111 1101 010 101 1111100011 110001111 111111 110010011 11 111 111 1111011 110010111 111111 111 111010 1010100 101001010 1 111111 1101 1100010101 111 011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word can't is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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