This is an analysis of the poem Smells that begins with:
WHY is it that the poet tells
So little of the sense of smell? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaa bbb ccc ddd eeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 11000101 11010111 01010101 11110101 11011101 01000101 01010101 11011101 11110010 11111010 1001011010 1010111 01000101 111010 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Smells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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