This is an analysis of the poem Octopus that begins with:
By Algernon Charles Sin-Burn
Strange beauty, eight-limbed and eight-handed,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcaaaaddXdefef XdgddhXh aeaeXiaiXddddgaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011 110111110 11001011 0110100110 001001101 0111010110 11001001 1100110010 01101 1110010110 111011011 0010110110 001111011 1110010010 01010101 1110011010 10011 111011010 11001001 0011010010 001011001 1011010011 11001101 1011010100 01001 111110011 11101001 1010010010 111001001 0111010100 111001001 11110100110 11101 11110100110 01011001 111111111 010010001 1110010010 01101001 1110010010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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, thou, to, us, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, of, o are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Octopus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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