This is an analysis of the poem The Clay (Excerpt Ii) that begins with:
Nay! It is rather a pathway for the soft breeze
It is a source of water for the birds to drink....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabaaccXddae fXccebbcgbXfde XdacbehiahddiiXcgjjgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,14,21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 100100111011 000101010101 001001010 010011000101 101001 11001011000101 1101 01110111001 001011101101001 001001101001111 1110110101 01010101001100010 111011010001100001 010011110111010 01111111011100 10011101001 1010010010101001 1101010100 111110011100 101101010 111101001011 100110010111100 011 111111 011101110010 1010101011010011 010011010 111111 01011101011 100101010111 1111001101011 110001010011 111111000 111110101010 011110001 10011011101 1001110111 111110101101000 011111110011 11011001010110 010010001011 0101011010111 110001010110 11111001011 11110001001 111010011 11101111 110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 721
- Average number of words per stanza: 137
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, it, you, their, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, what, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Clay (Excerpt Ii);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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