This is an analysis of the poem The Nude Swim that begins with:
On the southwest side of Capri
we found a little unknown grotto...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXc cdefgXdXddc edebhXXihfg bejjjie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,11,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 110100111 1110011 100010 1111011 1100 10101 1011001 011011 1010111001 1101100 110010 110101 011101 0001101 10010101 0011001 101111 10110 1011011 11111 111011001 111011 1001100 1011110 1110010 01010101 10111101 010111 01000011 11111 1100111 1100111 111010 10001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, i, are are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eyes is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Nude Swim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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