This is an analysis of the poem The Needle that begins with:
Come, or the stellar tide will slip away.
Eastward avoid the hour of its decline,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dbdcaXa XXeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101010101 10010100001 1101010011 11110100010 1111111111 1101010 1111110101 1101010100 11110111010 0110101101 01001111100 11110100110 01 101101 01011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 Needle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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