This is an analysis of the poem A Mountain And A Squirrel that begins with:
A mountain was saying this to a squirrel
'Commit suicide if you have self-respect...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xb aa cc aX Xa dX bb bX Xd XeXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011000010 10101011101 11101001110011 11101101001101 001101010011010 1010111110100 1111001000110 100101010110 00101111011 01100101001101 11000101111 111011010011 11110111111 11101010111 10110101001 1111001001 1101011001 111111011 11010010101 10111101011 011111100111 111110101111 10010001 100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, not, large are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the, nothing are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines splendor, god are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of A Mountain And A Squirrel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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