This is an analysis of the poem Clarence that begins with:

Clarence Lee from Tennessee
Loved the commercials he saw on TV....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddddbbXeccffaXgghhiciibeeeegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 100101111010 11010101 111011101 10101110 10101110 10101110 10111110 1110100 1010101 1011101 01000101 1111001010 11111010 1111111 11110101 10101001 1010110 10111010 11111110 011100101 0111110011 11111101 01111111 011101111 10111111 11111101 11111111 11011111 11111111 11011101 111111110 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; make, his, to, for, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Clarence;
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