This is an analysis of the poem Thrown Away that begins with:
Stopped in the straight when the race was his own
Look at him cutting it--cur to the bone! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabb cXcXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001101101 1111001001 11010010110 10110111110 1011111101 10101111001 111101101 10110111 1111011111 10111011 1111001001 11111011 011110111 111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, there, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word may is repeated.
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- summary of Thrown Away;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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