This is an analysis of the poem The Monument that begins with:
Now can you see the monument? It is of wood
built somewhat like a box. No. Built...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbcbbacebcfbcabgahXXcbbeeccagdXXibXbagabXXbcjXgiacbkhXX bdjahcellXbebXaedeflbk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101000001 11110111 110010001010 101010 10111111 01010101 001011010100 11010101 0101010101 110011011 1101010100 001111011 101101111 10011111 1101010100 100100010 001 0100011101 01110101 0101 1001010 1110110100 1111010101 0101010101 1101110100 0111010111 11110101 1100011101 1001010101 1001111101 101011111 00011101 1111101010 101000 1101000 110101001101 1110010100 0101110011 010101010100 101111101 11010111 101110101 0101100111 1111010010 1010 000100 101110 11010111101 110100110 011101001 1001000010 11101010100110 110100101 1001111010 0100101110100 1101 111001000101 0100101000100 001101 011101010 1111111101 1101111111 0111011101 0100110111010 10011011011 10011101110 1000010001010 0101111000000 1111011010 1010100 1011101011000 010101010 01001011001 1101110101 110110000110 10011101 1010010001 0000100010 010101101100 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1529
- Average number of words per stanza: 276
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, or, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, an are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Monument;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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