This is an analysis of the poem Cockroach that begins with:
Roach, foulest of creatures,
who attacks with yellow teeth...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcbcdcdaXebfXXf aXgegbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 1010101 1110010111 1110111101 1111101110 00010110010101 111111001010 1001100100100 1101100110 11110001011 1010100101 1011101100 11111110010 110101111 10110110 10110011 11000101101 1111110001 11111101100 00101001101 0111111101 0011100111110 1101010111101 1110010010101 111001101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, made, into, you, and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cockroach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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