This is an analysis of the poem The British that begins with:
We are a people living in shells and moving
Crablike; reticent, awkward, deeply suspicious; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbd ecbcf Xgeed gcXdf aXdXg Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101001110 101001010010 1001001001111 011111111111 01111100111 1111110101010 11111111110 11111111110 110011111111 0111010101 110101001010 01001001010010 101001001010 00100111011010 00101011101 11010111111 1001000111110 01010111100 0010010001010 0100101001001 1101011101010 10011010010100 101010001010 11011110110 111101111 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 27
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, like, of, in, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words afraid, we, in, of are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The British;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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