This is an analysis of the poem Evil that begins with:
While the red-stained mouths of machine guns ring
Across the infinite expanse of day; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eff egg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1011100111 0101000101 11110111001 0101011101 1101010101 11001010101 111010001 1101111101 1001110111 0101001101 1100010101 1101110101 0101010111 11111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Evil;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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