This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Clothes that begins with:

Every morning you wait,
clothes, over a chair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXccdefbfaXgcffhgifffjkfkfffXldmfXfadfheiaclhiiaXmmfilclejgikhkhhaacm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 71,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 11001 01100 110011 11110 10 1001 1010010 1011 1111 010011 1101 11101000100 110101 10100 0101010 01 01010 01101 11101 1110111 1011 10011 1011 11 1 111101 010111 1011 111101 0010011 001 11011 101011 111 11 011 10101 101 1010110 1111 110 011 010 00100 0111011 11 10101 111 11 1010 110 1011 1 01 11 010110 11 1010 01 0100 11 111 010011 101111011 01111 11011 1001001 01101 01010 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 252
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (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; my, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the, go, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Ode To Clothes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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