This is an analysis of the poem Sentimental Shark that begins with:

Give me a cabin in the woods
Where not a human soul intrudes;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbacddee ffgXhhggff iiaajjkkkk ccaaiillff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11010101 11110101 01010111 110010101 01110101 11100111 01011101 110011010 110101010 01010111 11010101 10100101 110101001 11000111 11110101 010001010 010111010 11110101 11011101 1111101 11011101 111111110 010011110 11011101 11011111 11010111 11010110 11111111 11011001 11010111 11011111 11011111 01011101 11111101 11011101 11101111 01110101 11011101 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, kick, i'd, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, of, i'd are repeated.

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  • summary of Sentimental Shark;
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