This is an analysis of the poem The Thistle that begins with:
In a patch of baked earth
At the crumbled cliff's brink,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc eebe eeXe Xede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011 101011 1010010 11011 01011 01111 110010 11011 11101 11011 11001 011101 110011 101001 110111 01001 0011110 01101 011010 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 Thistle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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