This is an analysis of the poem The Shampoo that begins with:
The still explosions on the rocks,
the lichens, grow...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbc cacXXX dedeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 0101 11010101 1101 0101010111 0111001111 11010001 1111 1011 010111000 11110110 10010100 01010111 01010 1101 1111 11110001110 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shampoo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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