This is an analysis of the poem False Alarm that begins with:

From early morning-nonsense
With tubs and troughs and strain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adcX bede afgf chih fdcXXiege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 011111 0100010 111001 1100010 110101 0111010 100011 1110010 0111001 1100110 010101 0111010 010101 1100011 110101 1101010 010001 0111000 111111 11001110 100111 0101010 001101 1101010 011111 1100011 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, in, by are repeated.

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

  • summary of False Alarm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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