This is an analysis of the poem The Digging Skeleton that begins with:

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In the anatomical plates...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdeedcefeXfXafgXXggffghcchdffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101001 0110101 1100111 10110101 10010100 1101110 0101001 10101010 1110101 10100101 1111001 111001111 1 1010101 101001 001101 111101 101111 1011010 110111 1101011 11101111 110010011 011100011 0101101 11001010 1101111 10111011 110101010 1101100100 110101 101101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1023
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; that, even are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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

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

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