This is an analysis of the poem The Disturber that begins with:
Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;
I am sure I 'll be jailed for a lunatic yet....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabB bbccddbb aaeeXXbB ffaaggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111111001 1111101101011 1101001001001 1101011011001 111001101011 1101011101011 101011101101 1101001001 111111101101 111011001111 111101101001 111111101111 111101011001 11111001011 11001111111 11101001001 11101111101 11101001001 11001001001 11001001001 101001011001 11001011010 101101001011 1101001001 111010011011 001011111011 11011111001 111010111001 100111111011 11001011111 110111101101 1111101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, all, and, my, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are 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 eye 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 The Disturber;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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