This is an analysis of the poem The Printer's Error that begins with:

Fellow compositors
and pressworkers!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aBcdefbgdHgae idXXjiXckejliedXegfX XaaiimXddjXaedbeneefdcanaifnXXg nBXeadecHbkaXledmldXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,13,20,31,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000 1100 1110 110 10110 100111 1110 1101 00100 1010 10011 111 1010100 010010 01010 111111 1110 101 1010011 11111 1010010 100100 10100110 01001010 100100 1011111 110100010 100010 1110 00101001 1000101000 110010 110110 0110001 00101001 1101101 1010 0100100 101 111100 01001 1010000 100010 1000101 001011 1100101 0100100 110 00101 01110 01010 0111 1001010 01010 011001 011011 10101010 010 111111 1010 1011 1011001 1101 11 10100 11001000 111 110 1000 110100 10101010 001001 10 10011110 111 101010 01101001 1010 11000 01100100 0111 1011 1001 011001100 0011101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; errors, by, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words errors, as are repeated.

    The author used the same word therefore at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Printer's Error;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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