This is an analysis of the poem Toilet Seats that begins with:

While I am emulating Keats
My brother fabrics toilet seats,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd ccbbbbee aaffeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 01111101 01010001 11100111 01000011 01110011 01000101 10011101 11110101 11110001 01001101 11011101 10010111 11110101 01001100 10110011 11110101 11010101 11111111 11011101 01010101 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, as are repeated.

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  • summary of Toilet Seats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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