This is an analysis of the poem The First Tooth that begins with:

SISTER.
Through the house what busy joy,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeebbffgg ahhbXffhhiiffahjjffii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1011101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1111111 11111111 1111101 1110101 01011111 0010101 11011011 01010101 101110010 01111110 10 10111101 11010001 0010110 0110100 00011001 10101001 1010111 1100101 1110101 110101001 1110011 1010111 1000100 1110101 1110101 1110101 11011001 1110011 1011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, it are repeated.

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

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

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

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