This is an analysis of the poem Assault that begins with:
I
I had forgotten how the frogs must sound...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXb X cXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1101010111 1001010111 1111110101 1101010001 1 1111110101 0111010001 1101010101 1101010101 0110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i is 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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Assault;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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