This is an analysis of the poem The Black Tracker (Or: Why He Lost The Track) that begins with:

There was a tracker in the force
Of wondrous sight (the story ran):—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc bbbb dada eded fdfd ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010001 01010101 11010101 11010101 11100101 11010111 11011101 11010111 01010101 11010101 01110111 10011101 11010101 11111111 11110101 01010101 11011111 01110101 11010111 11010111 11010101 10011101 11110111 01011101 01111101 11011001 11110111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; s, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Black Tracker (Or: Why He Lost The Track);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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