This is an analysis of the poem Two Shows that begins with:
The showman (blessing in a thousand shapes!)
Parades a 'School of Educated Apes!'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaddXeffgghhiieeccddjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101000101 01010101010 1101010101 1101010101 0101001101 1101011101 0100010010 1101110101 0100010001 1101010111 0101000101 1101001101 0111000101 1111010101 0101010101 0101000101 1010010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 1101011101 1001000111 0100111101 011100000100 110111000100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1147
- Average number of words per stanza: 207
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Two Shows;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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