This is an analysis of the poem Mulligatawny Dreams that begins with:

anaconda. candy. cash. catamaran.
cheroot. coolie. corundum. curry....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXX cX deXXbdddbXdXXada c aeadX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,16,1,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011001 10101010 101010000 1001001 101100 110110 10010110 1100110 11011100111 110111010011 10011001011 11010101001010110 11010100111110 01001001010011 10100101110101 110111100110 0101100101011101 11001010000101 1100100101 11001110110101 110110101111110 1100100110 11001010101 1110110 11 0110101 11010010 0110111 101001001010101 110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, english are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an is repeated.

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  • summary of Mulligatawny Dreams;
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  • history of its creation;
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