This is an analysis of the poem The Clay that begins with:
At one time, Mr. Clay forgot that he was no more than mud
So, he walked insolently, bragged and boasted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdeXfXggdheihj iaXgkfljjkchdmijgX hdiiddhgaheXjdaXdliei bhhiigjeidaddchdfmjhfjXaheeehghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,18,21,32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011111111 11110001110 1010011 11010100101010 11101101010 1011110101 111011111011 1011011110 10100110110 11011110 1111110 011010110101 11101101 110111001 1111011 111111 1111001101 11110101 1110011 1111101010 11110110100 11101101111 1101011001010 111110100101 11101110111 11111 11111001 111010101000 1111110001010 1111001010001 1111011 111101 0110001010 110100 111100101001 11110010 1100110101 01101011011 1111001001000 110110011 1110010110100100 0111011 1111010010110 0111111001 111100001 01110111100011 111101000011100 1101111011101 111111010 100111101 10111100101 10110 11011110 101110011 11111010111 011110 101111101001 110010101010111 11101011 0101001010100 101010100010 101011010 01101011010 11100101 11010101101 111110111 10101001 110111010 111010110011 1111110101010 11101010 1100001011111 111110111110 110111100010 111010010010 0101101101 0110111010 1010010110 11011010001 100101101 010110101101 10111011 01110111 1000100 100111100 11110110 110100100001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 714
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, you, not, of, when, i, know, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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- summary of The Clay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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