This is an analysis of the poem Possum that begins with:
Ef dey 's anyt'ing dat riles me
An' jes' gits me out o' hitch,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccXc cXdXXaXa ccecXcXc XfXfXede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100111 1111111 11101111 11011111 10111011 1011001 11101010 1010101 11111010 1111001 10111010 1010101 11101110 1110110 11110010 1111101 10101111 1111101 10011110 1110011 111011110 1110101 111101010 1110101 11111110 1110111 0110101 0010101 11101110 1110101 11111010 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; an', ez, it are repeated.
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- summary of Possum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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