This is an analysis of the poem Erb that begins with:
Do you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport.
If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd cceeffaa ggeeaee ddhhhhaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111110101 0111111101 0111001111 1111110101 1100011111 1101010011 1111011101 1101011101 1101011111 1101011111 1111010101 1011101001 1101010101 1101011001 0101011111 1001110101 1101010111 1001110101 0101010001 1101011111 1101110101 1101011101 1111010101 1101011001 1110111001 1111011101 1100111111 0101011101 11011011111 1111000101 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; an', he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Erb;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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