This is an analysis of the poem The Tower that begins with:
He built a tower for all to see,
With sun-washed gardens planted wide. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXabcccb dddeeaaeaffea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 01110101 11010100 01111100 11110111 1100001 11011101 11110101 11010111 010111 110111001 010111011 110101011 11010100 010011101 01110111 100111 10011111 110011101 11100111 101100101 11111101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; with, and, to, good are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Tower;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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