This is an analysis of the poem The Model that begins with:

Have you forgotten—you, the chief,
The art-director, president,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacd effegg fggXgg heXhhh ieeXdd jggjkk leelh hdfXcmm jmejXf dfXdXM GMGiiXee hjjXhhXmkkmee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,5,7,6,6,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 11000100 01110101 01111111 1110 11111100 11010111 10110101 11010100 1101101101 1111 111101110 11010111 11110111 11010101100 10111110 1111 01011101 11110111 10111100 01111111 11011101 0111 01111101 11111111 01110101 11010110 11010100 1100 01111111 11011101 11000101 01110101 01011101 1111 11110101 0110011010 010001110 10111101 10111101 1111 11110110 01110111 01110100 11011111 10010101 1001 10011101 011100101 01011001 11010101 010101100 1001 01011110 111010111 01010111 01110100 010101000 1101 01010111 1101 01010111 11011101 11111111 10000100100 110101001 0101 01011111 01011001 11011001 01111110 11010101 0101 01110111 01001111 101110110 1101011 01000111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 words and, with, the are 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 The Model;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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