This is an analysis of the poem The Clasp that begins with:
She was four, he was one, it was raining, we had colds,
we had been in the apartment two weeks straight,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcbdceXXfdgXXgbfXXe X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110110111 11000010111 11001001011010 101111101 0111010101010 01001101010 01010101111011 100100100010 00100000110 10010100010 1010000101010 1111 101110110 111011010 1011111 11110101 01110001 1010111 01110010010 11101010100 1111101 110110101 10 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; had, her, and, me are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase crush connects the lines.
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- summary of The Clasp;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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