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

1) An individual spider web
identifies a species:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bcbdebfc ghij bj bhkac jkf bfljb Xbbbmgdjl cmXX lXgXgmli jggg efjgk aejge jeXkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,4,2,5,3,5,9,4,8,4,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101 0101010 11001001 111000101 1101000 101010000 10 1 1111 01010010 11 0101 1001110010 1000100100 1010010 0011100 11 0101 0100 101001 0011001 110101 11110100 101 00 100 1111011 010 01 001000 1011100 101 111101 11 01 011 101100 111 101011011 100 010101110100 110100 1011 0101011110001 100111 11011011100 011 01010 010101001 11001 001010011 0101 101 001101001 0010 1000100 01011010000110 011 10100100 011101 1101010 1101010101010 101 0101010 11 10 0100010 0100 010101011 100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words how, it, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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