This is an analysis of the poem Toys that begins with:
I can pass up the lure of a jewel to wear
With never the trace of a sigh,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbADed Xfbfgebe hbibgdXdXcghgADid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101001001 01001001 01101111111 11001111 111101101101 101011101 01001001111 111101101 111001011001 111101011 111101101001 101011001 111001001011 11011101 111101111111 11001001 01011101001 1010001101 11001101001 01011011 101001111101 111011001 111101111111 011011101 10011101111 11111011 111011001011 11011101 111101101101 101011101 101111111001 101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word alone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Toys;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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