This is an analysis of the poem The Pentagram that begins with:
[Dedicated to George Raffalovich]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xaba cdc efbf Xgdg XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000011000 0000010100100100 1 110010111110 1001 111110100101101 11000110111010 01 1010100111001 1110 11001011110100 10 11011011001 001001 010010010110010 01 0111011010010 010 1011101111001 0010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; man, and, of, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the are repeated.
The author used the same word he 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 Pentagram;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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