This is an analysis of the poem When I First Put This Uniform On that begins with:

When I first put this uniform on,
I said, as I looked in the glass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaabccXXXaA aXddbeXXbeaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 11111001 1010010 110010 11011001 11101101 111001101 1010010 110010 1100100000 01111001 111101011 11111101 100100101 110010 010010 01001011 101101011 00101101100 1010000 011010 11011011 11101001 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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