This is an analysis of the poem A Power-Plant that begins with:

The Fisk Street turbine power station in Chicago
The invisible wheels go softly round and round—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabXaaaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0111010100011 001001110111 10010101010 10011001010 1111000101 001010101111 111101010010 111101001100 1111010101 0111110101 11011111101 0101010101 1101111101 1101001111 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 A Power-Plant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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