This is an analysis of the poem The Plugger that begins with:

He isn't very brilliant and his pace is often slow,
There's nothing very flashy in his style; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefagag cccchihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010101010101 1101010001 11011101011101 11101010101 01011110010111 10111010101 101010100010101 11101111101 101010101110001 11011100101 101000101110101 11101010101 111010100011101 1010110101 111010101010101 11100010101 101010101110101 10101010101 101000100010101 111111101001 111011101011111 10101110001 101110100011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, to, have, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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

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