This is an analysis of the poem The Quill Worker that begins with:

Plains, plains, and the prairie land which the sunlight floods and fills,
To the north the open country, southward the Cyprus Hills; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc aaddeecX eXXXffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011011111 00101010100101 1001011100111 100101011011101 10010101100111 0101011010101 1100011100111 100111000100101 1001110100111 10010111010111 1001110100111 10010101011101 10101010110101 10010100010101 101001010100111 100011100010010000 1100010101101 1001110001001010 11001110111011 1010011101011010010 111001110110111 011100101010101 101010101100111 0100111000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 502
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, with, she, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, for are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word porcupine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Quill Worker;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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