This is an analysis of the poem The Big Boots Of Pain that begins with:

There can be certain potions
needled in the clock ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefad egXcXhXcijX egaXjefj Xajkihcjef glbhggjkcamX jfgaXXkijmjXlXifcbe hgcleehmX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,8,10,12,19,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 10001 1010101 01001011 1111 11111100 1110101 001111 10101 11111001 01101001 001101 0111 10101 110001 11001 11101 1011111 11 111100111 0110110 0011010 01010 110000011 1100001110 11001010 1101 01110010 001100011 1101001001 01111010 00011101 0010101 1010101 1001 011110111 001010101010 1111101 111010001 1110101 1110110101 0111111 101111111 101011 11110110100 111010110 01010101101 111101111 111100101 110100 110110 01001001 0111101 1101110 10110011 111110100 001110001 101101 100110011011 101001011 010101101011 0101101 011000 11100010001 0101100001110 1101010 10110 1010110 1 11101 10101111 1110111 110110101011 01000100 10101 00111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, i, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Big Boots Of Pain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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