This is an analysis of the poem Jug that begins with:
THE SHALE and water thrown together so-so first of all,
Then a potter's hand on the wheel and his fingers shaping the jug; out of the mud a mouth...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110101011101 10101101101010011001011010 101110011011011011010101010011 1011101101001010101101010100010 1011011100111010011001111010110100101110 101010101011010010110110101001011010110 1001111101010011010111110101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 848
- Average number of words per stanza: 168
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 120 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 24
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, on, fire are repeated.
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- summary of Jug;
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