This is an analysis of the poem 'Mac' that begins with:
In every little country place, all up and down the land,
From ageing cradles of the race to Never-Never Land ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabXXXc aaddccbX eeffaaaa ggaacXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010010101111101 01010001010101 001010100010111 11010111110111 11110111110101 110101111001101 11010101111101 01010101010101 11100101110101 1010100010101 11010101011011 01101101011101 01010101110111 111010101111101 111010100010111 11011101110101 101010111110101 01010101010101 110101001110101 011101101100101 11011101110101 11010100111101 10110101111101 010010101111111 101111111011101 11110101010001 11010101011101 110010101010111 11010111110110 1110111001100111 11010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, job, to, that, he, never, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and, a are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of 'Mac';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
