This is an analysis of the poem Manipulation that begins with:
Oh, my head! my head! my head!
Lack! for my poor unfortunate head! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaccbbaa dddeeeffXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 111101001 1001 1001 1111111 110111101 010110101 100100111 111011001 1110111101 111011011001 1101 101101 10100100011011 11011 10111 101101010101 110010 111110 1100110001101 1111011010011 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, head, and, he, of are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines head is repeated).
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- summary of Manipulation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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