This is an analysis of the poem The Beast that begins with:
Here is a tale for sportsmen when at table:
There was a boar, like that Atalanta hunted,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXXbXcXbcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10011101110 110111101010 1101101101010 0111011110 11011011011100 10011001110 111100101010 1101011010100 11010101010 0100110011 11100101110 01011101010 01010100010 11110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Beast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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