This is an analysis of the poem The Burning Ladder that begins with:
Jacob
never climbed the ladder...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcbbbXdXXefeccdcfcbXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 101010 100011 11101 001 11 11110 10101 110111 0100 11 0100100 010110 000100100 0111 1 01010 10101010 000101 0101 1 10101 010110 100100 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Burning Ladder;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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