This is an analysis of the poem The Fellowship Of Books that begins with:

I care not who the man may be,
Nor how his tasks may fret him,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbb bcbXcc cdeXed fafXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 1101111 11111101 1101011 01110101 1101011 11111101 0111011 11011111 1111010 01011111 1101010 010111001 0111010 11111101 0101010 11110101 1101010 110111001 1100110 11010101 1111011 01011101 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, may, him, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of The Fellowship Of Books;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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