This is an analysis of the poem Knots that begins with:
“There’s a lot
In a knot,”...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbccddddeeAA ffaagXfddgghhccaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 001 11 11001 01011 101 11111011 01011 101 001001001 111011 101011 1001 001 101011 001111 111 011101 111 101011011 101011 011 001 101 1101101 11011001 11011001 11111 111 1011001 001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word knot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Knots;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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