This is an analysis of the poem Accent Conscious that begins with:

Trouble brews along the border for the word has got around
That blokes an' coves an' coots must mind their tongues;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcX cabbadd XbeebXX bfeefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101011101 1111111111 10101110 10101010 1111000101 101001100011111 001011101110110 101110101010101 01101011101 10101010 10111010 10111010111 101010001010001 11011101011101 111010100010101 10101010101 10101010 11101010 11101010111 101010101010101 11000101111111 111110101111011 01010101001 10100010 11100010 10101010101 1011101001110011 10101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

  • summary of Accent Conscious;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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