This is an analysis of the poem The Couple that begins with:
The scene is a midtown station.
The time is 3 a.m....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb cded fgbg fhah iaja gjkX kgLg ikLk igXg bdcd Mncn enjX XlaX iddd cjij Mhgh idfd bdbX nada dgig dcic giMi MlXl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001110 01011 10011011 100100 110101 1100001 11001011 111101 11001010 110101 11011011 1010101 01110010 101001 100111 101011 0111010 10011101 11110011 011101 110111 11111101 1010110010 011110010 11101010 1101111 0111011 101101 1111010 0111011 0111011 1100101 1010010 111101 1101110 111101 110010011 1101001 1101010 1101011 0111010 110001 0101110 10111 110001 100101100 110010110 10110110 111101 101001011 110010010 11110010 1101110 1010001 111101 111101 1011110 111101 110110010 100101 0111010 100101 1010010 110101 1010010 1111100 11011100 111001 1101011 11111101 10010111 111011100 1001011 1001001 1111011 1000101 11010010 111111 11001110 1101001 1111011 111101 1110010 1101001 1111011 101010 1101110 1010010 1101110 110101 01010011 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she, oh, they, what, too are repeated.
The author used the same words she, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Couple;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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