This is an analysis of the poem A Matter Of Knack that begins with:
Jock M'Pherson was a person who was boastful in conversin',
But respectable and ponderous and dignified withal!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabb cdXdd ceXee afXfX XfXXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011100100 101001100110110 110101011100010 10101101110001 1010101110101 1010101101011 101011101010101 101001010101010 10101010110101 10100100010101 1011101101101011 101010100010101 111110100010101110 1101101010001 010010101011111 10111011000101110 11010101011101 11011011101010 111111100010101 11101010101001000 0101010100111011100 10010011010010101 001011001010110 1010101011011100 1110110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Matter Of Knack;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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