This is an analysis of the poem The Insect that begins with:
From Camoweal to Windywoe, from Windywoe to Thirstyville,
We'll drag the line around the map, along the plain, and up the hill;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bbcddc eXfddf eefggf ffgbbX ffhXfh fffffX bbgbbg XAiijjkX ffiffi Xfbllb ddmllX ggeffekkXllg XaggggjXnnffff gXjooX iifhhf ffdffd bbgffg XAiimmaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,6,12,14,6,6,6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01000100100100 1101010101011101 101000101011101 11101100111110100 11110001 01011101 111101100101 11110101 100101111 1111111101 10010101 11101100 1101010111 11011101 01110111 1001110101 11010101 111010011 1111111101 11000100 11010100 1111010111 11000101 11000101 0111010111 11111111 10001111 11011001010 11000101 11011101 0001110001 11011111 11001101 1111110101 11010101 01010101 1001111001 11011101 11001001 0101010101 11000111 11110101 0101111101 11111101 11011111 1100010001 1100010001000100 11010101110011101 0101110111010101 1111010011000101 0101010111011101 0101010101000101 10001010110111011 011000100010101 11010101 10010101 0101111111 11010001 01011111 1111110111 10010110 01101101 1101111011 11110111 11110101 1101110001 100111001 10011001 0101110111 11111101 00010101 0111011111 11011101 10010101 01001001101 10010111 11011111 1111110101 10110101 11010101 1111010010 11110101 01010111 1101010001 1100010001000100 11010101110011101 0101010111011101 1011010100010101 110101101001010101 01010101010100001 01010101101111111 11011100110111100 01111101 01010101 0101101101 11010111 11010010 0101110101 10110101 01011001 0111011101 11110101 11010101 10011100100 10010101 01010101 1101011101 11111111 11011101 1111010011 11110111 110100111 0101110101 11111101 0111101 0111010101 11010111 01010101 0111110111 11010111 11000101 1101010101 1100010001000100 11010101110011101 0101110111010101 1111010011010101 110101011111100 1101010111010001 1101110101010101 1111010110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 142
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Insect;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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