This is an analysis of the poem Field that begins with:

Field is pause field is plot field is red chigger bump where
the larvae feed corn wig curled in your ear. Field cares not...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b a c d X c c a X d X d X X b X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011011011 0101111011111 01110101101011 11110111011 10101010101011 10111010101001000 1100110100101110 1101111110010101 101110001010111 1111010111101 110100011011111 10110110001111 010110100011101 1100101101111110 010011010010101 100011010101011 010011110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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; field, your, and, of, you, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Field;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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