This is an analysis of the poem The Acorn that begins with:
An acorn swung
On an oak-tree bough;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh hbhbbhbh ififdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11111 11011 01111 00101 10101 11001 10101 10101 00101 111101 11101 10111 10101 10111 00101 10101 11111 01111 111001 10111 1101 10111 1111 10101 10101 10101 11101 10111 10111 101011 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i 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 and 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 Acorn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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