This is an analysis of the poem Cloony The Clown that begins with:

I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown
Who worked in a circus that came through town....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabBccbBddddeefXgghhiiaXfffbeecXXdjjfahhkkjjjXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001001 1100101111 01011101111 111101101011 11001011101 11011101001 111011011011 111101101011 110011001 10110101 110011101 11101101 110011101 1011101 1100111101 10111101 110011101 1010101 110011101 1010101 1101111010 100111110 11111101 1010011001 1110111111 1110111111 11011111 11010001 1101100101 010111111 11011101 01111111 11011111 11111111 11011101 11011101 010111001 0100101001 1010101 01100111 110111010 10101010 110100101 0011110101 111001111 01011100 1101111 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1795
  • Average number of words per stanza: 352
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; he, and, told, no, they, laughed are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cloony The Clown;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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