This is an analysis of the poem The Parisian Orgy that begins with:

O cowards! There she is!
Pile out into the stations! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcd eaaXca fffd agXh aaaa afha aXaa Xafdihj XbaXadcfXjffifjffabaXebXdidjgkdkhfdXkcaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,4,4,4,4,7,41,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 1100010 0100100111 01011110 001001 1001010100011 1110010010 1101110101 110100101 10011110 1011001 1011001001 100010111011 1101101001001 01101001010 10101110100 0100100111 101101011110 101101 11001011011 011101111010100 11100100110 011011011101100 1010011100101 1000100101010 100010101001 0101000101000010 11010101 11010110 111010101110 110110011100 10110010110 10100110110 10011101001101 01010111001 011111001010 1101001000101 11001100101010010010 1000101101000 1111001001 111110110111 1111111010 111111001110 11110011101010 011000110 01001011 1010110 11110111010 1111101111110 101001110100010 00100111001 1101110111111 1001010 1100110010101 10101111 101011010100101 1110010111 1111011101011 0101010111001 101111 010110011101111 101101001001000 01111101001 11001001101 100010111101101 000111010 1010110010101 110010001011001100 0110011011 1110011111010 10110100010010 010010100100 0100101010001 10100101100 0100111111100100 1101001010110 01100110 11010010100101 10001000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here, of, to, these, your, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, here, listen, when, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Parisian Orgy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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