This is an analysis of the poem I Have Become Very Hairy that begins with:

I have become very hairy all over my body.
I'm afraid they'll start hunting me because of my fur....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX bb bX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010110110 0011110101011 110101111001 0111111001110 1111001010110010 1110011011001 10111001 101111 11100011010101001 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my are repeated.

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  • summary of I Have Become Very Hairy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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