This is an analysis of the poem Old Man Platypus that begins with:

Far from the trouble and toil of town,
Where the reed beds sweep and shiver,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd ebeeb cbccb fgffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101101 10111110 110100101 11101101 1001010 1111100101 001101010 010101101 11110101 001001010 110100101 001101110 10100110101 1010111101 00101010 101100101 11001010 111101111 111101101 01111010 1110010101 111101010 1110100111 101111011 01101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, nor, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Old Man Platypus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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