This is an analysis of the poem Smoking that begins with:
I like the cool and heft of it, dull metal on the palm,
And the click, the hiss, the spark fuming into flame,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011100110101 101010110001 1101001110011101 101010100101101 1110101110101 011010010101 11011011111 0011011110001 1011001111011 0111000101001 10100101001101100 10101001000111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 700
- Average number of words per stanza: 143
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Smoking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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