This is an analysis of the poem Bed Sitter that begins with:

He stared at me with sad, hurt eyes,
That drab, untidy man;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaeXfXf agagchch fbfbifiXXhahafdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 110101 11110101 110111 01000101 111101 11010011 111101 11011101 111001 01011111 110101 11010101 010101 1110101010 1001011 11111111 010001 11011001 111101 11110101 111001 10010101 010011 100010111 010111 11011111 110101 10011101 110101 01111101 1011010 11011111 110101 01010101 110011 11111101 110101 01010101 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bed Sitter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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