Backdropp Addresses Cowboy by Margaret Atwood: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Backdropp Addresses Cowboy that begins with:

Starspangled cowboy
sauntering out of the almost-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcbd Xb effgb ecfhha daac ij jXb cX gciff Xag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,5,6,4,2,3,2,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 10010011 101111 01001 10010110 11011001 111001010 1010 11011010 1010 1001010 111010101 10010 1110110010 101010 110 10101 0011 1100011 110010 00101101111 1010111 01010 11111 11011 10101 01011110 11111001 110010 110101111010 11101011 11 1001 101101 01001010 11011001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you 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.

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