This is an analysis of the poem The Quip that begins with:
The merry World did on a day
With his train-bands and mates agree... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa XaXA XaXA aaaA babA bcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 00111101 01010111 11010111 11010001 1111110011 10111111100 11110111 11011101 1010011011 1010101110 11110111 11110101 01110111 11011111 11110111 111111010 11110100 100111010 11110111 110100101 01011111 11111111 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Quip;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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