This is an analysis of the poem The Trucker that begins with:
IF YOU want a game to tame you and to take your measure in,
Try a week or two of trucking in a mine... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb bcbc dede bbbb dfdf fXff bbbb gbgX hihi fdfd cbcX jcjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011010111011100 10111010001 101110101010101 10111110101 1010010101110101 10101010101 101010101110101 110101010001 1011101110111001 10101111111 1111111111010101 1111110101 101010101110101 0101010101 001010101010101 1100010111 101010101010101 0101110101 101010101010101 1101110111 001010101110001 0101011101 111010011011001 1111110101 1010100110101001 10111011110 1010000101010101 0111010101 101110101011101 1101011101 111000100010111 10101110101 111010100010101 10101001111 101010101010111 11101100101 101011101011101 1101110101 101110101110101 0101010101 101110111010101 1101011001 1001010100010101 001001011101 101010100010101 10101110101 01111101110011 1101011100 101010101010101 11001010111 101110101010001 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; and, of, tha, to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Trucker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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