This is an analysis of the poem The Poet that begins with:
The poet does the prophet's deeds;
In times of need with new life pregnant,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaccXacadd beebffdgdghhXh aaaaiibhbXhh aeeaccajjbaaaa deeddXgaagaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,12,14,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 010101110 111100110 0101011 01010111 11010101 01010 0101 0101 1100 100101010 010111010 11010101 010011010 110111010 11111111 11110101 11010101 0111 1101 1101 0101 111101010 0 1 0111010 01010111 110101010 101111100 01111101 10010100 01010100 0101 1111 0101 00110 001101010 010111110 01010101 110111110 111101110 110010101 01111101 11001100 1111 0101 1101 1 0 11 111101010 011101010 10010001 010101110 011111110 11110101 10110100 11010010 1101 0111 1111 0101 010101010 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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