This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Worm that begins with:
THE worm, the rich worm, has a noble domain
In the field that is stored with its millions of slain ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeeeccff eeaaccgg cchhccii aaiijjdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011101001 001101001001 01011001101 00100101011 01001001001 11101111001 101001011001 111101001101 1001011001 11101011101 11101001001 001111001011 11101001011 101001101001 11101111101 101011011101 1001011011 101001101001 101101001011 11001011111 11111011101 001001011101 101011001011 101001101001 111001011001 101010101101 111101111101 101001101001 01001001001 11001001011 111001111001 01101111001 101011101001 111111011011 11111110111 101001000101 01101111011 11011111111 01101001011 11111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; and, of, be, your, may, where, i, worm, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
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- summary of Song Of The Worm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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