This is an analysis of the poem The Pool that begins with:
My embarrassment at his nakedness,
at the pool’s edge, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab ccdd XeeX Xfgg abdh Xfii Xhgd Xbdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010100 1011 11100 1010 01010 110111 110 101 11111 100100 01100 1101 01011 1011 0110 001010 11001 1110 1101 101101 0110 111 111 1001 0111 0111 110100010 001 11010 10110 111101 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Pool;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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