This is an analysis of the poem The Philistine that begins with:
The cricket to the corn-crake came one day,
Shivering, yet buzzing in his wanton way, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaXccbddbdXXeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100011111 10011000101 1111 1101011101 1101110101 0101 0111110101 1111000101 1101 1111101001 0101011101 0111 1111010011 01010111010 0101 1101011101 1111111111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 651
- Average number of words per stanza: 125
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 The Philistine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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