This is an analysis of the poem Weighted Coattails that begins with:
I don't consider pity,
When somebody tries to slide up......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD AECF GDHiGDH ABCD AECF iifgDHiGDH JHiGJH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,4,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 11101011 111 01111 11110010 11101010 111 0111 111101011111 11111101 010111 1 111101011111 11111101 010111 1101010 11101011 111 01111 11110010 11101010 111 0111 11 1111111 1 11101011111 11111101 010111 1 111101011111 11111101 010111 11011011 111001 1 111101011111 11011011 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines no is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.
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- summary of Weighted Coattails;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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