This is an analysis of the poem The Three Bares that begins with:
Ma tried to wash her garden slacks but couldn't get 'em clean
And so she thought she'd soak 'em in a bucket o' benzine....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcc ddbbeeXX bbdd ffddXX ggaXdd hhiX Xaiiii hhcc bbdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,6,6,4,6,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101110101 11111100010110 01111101110111 01110101010101 11101100010001 11110101010101 11110101010101 11010100111101 11010101110101 11010011010101 110001000100111 01010101010101 11110100110111 10011101111011 01011101010011 01110100010100 11110101110101 11010101100001 11010100110101 11010101010101 11011101110101 11011111110111 10111111110001 010101010100101 01111101110101 110111111100110 11111101110101 110111010101001 11011001110101 11010011110001 11010101011111 11110101110101 01011100100101 111111011100101 111101010101110 110111011101110 11110101011100 11010101110010 110101111101010 110011111101010 110101001100010 010101010111010 11010111110101 01011001000111 01010101010101 11011101010101 11111011011111 01111111111101 11110101101101 11110101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'em, to, it, and, he, i, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, oh are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Three Bares;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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