This is an analysis of the poem The Collar that begins with:
I struck the board, and cried, "No more!
I will abroad.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcbadcadccdedbbdfgdgfehhebBfXbXbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 1001 11110111 1111111101 11011111 110101 11110101 01111101 11110101 1111 0111010111 0111010 00110101 1111010 1101101110 110 11111101 1111 01011111 1101011101 0101110111 1101 1101111101 01000111 1011 11111111 0111 1001 1011111111 1110 011101 01010 1111111111 11001 1111110100 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1144
- Average number of words per stanza: 223
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, as, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, before are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Collar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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