This is an analysis of the poem Treat 'Em Rough that begins with:
First time I dared propose,
A callow lad was I;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac cdcdcdcX ceaebfbf fdfdgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 010111 111111 111111 010101 110101 110111 1101 1111101 010101 111101 110101 110011 111101 011111 110101 111101 111101 011101 110111 110111 110111 010101 1010 011111 110101 111101 100011 111101 1110010 010111 00010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hand is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Treat 'Em Rough;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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