This is an analysis of the poem Catch that begins with:
Two boys uncoached are tossing a poem together,
Overhand, underhand, backhand, sleight of hand, everyhand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXbXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110010010 100100111011000 100101101101101 1111101101111 1110111111110010 111100111110 1011011010101 1011001011010 10011011101 10011110011010 11101001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words anything, over are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Catch;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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