This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Sorts that begins with:

When you find you're a broken-down critter,
Who is all of a trimmle and twitter,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXccbdedefdgfDg hXhfXccfgcgXddbDdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010110 101001110 0110010010 10111001 1111111100 1110010010 1110110010 111010001 111011011 101001011 111111011 111011111 111101 111011 011011 101011 111111 111011 1111110110 1110010010 0010110110 101011011 1110010010 1110111010 110110110 11011011 111011011 111111011 111001101 00100111010 011011 011011 111001 111111 111001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; and, you've, your, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Out Of Sorts;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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