This is an analysis of the poem The Poet that begins with:
To be a poet is to bring
A furrowed brow, a piece of string, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccdd eebbcXff gghhggbb iibbbbjj cckkeejj iiXbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,8,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010001 01010101 1111110100010111 11011011 01010101 01111111 11011101 00010001 11110101 01110101 01010001 11110110 10011100 1100111 11011011 00010001 11001101 01010101 11000111 01011101 11010001 11011111 10111101 00010001 01010101 01010101 01011101 11011101 01011101 11010001 11011101 11001101 11010111 11111001 01110101 11011101 01010111 01011111 11110001 10010101 11010101 0101010100010101 11010101 111010100 01011101 010011110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, to, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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