This is an analysis of the poem Earthworm that begins with:

Slim inquirer, while the old fathers sleep
you are reworking their soil, you have...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabacdXbXebcdeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010101101 110101111 01001111001 10011010110 10111111 1111011111 1111001101 110011011 11110101111 11111010011101 11111101101 11101011110 01111011 00001001111 010110011011 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Earthworm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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