Pebbles by Herman Melville: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Pebbles that begins with:

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Though the Clerk of the Weather insist,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbc Xdeddadefghg Xdfdfff XeXe aaffa afbdfb XafhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,7,4,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101001001 1110101 10011011 10111011 01011 1 11011101 0110111 110010010 1 110011011 01 11001001 11101101 1011010110 011010011 110001010 1 01000101 1011101 010001101 1100111 11111111 0100101001 1 11010010101 110010011100 1 1 010010101001 01001111101 1101110010 1 1 10010110100 00010101001 1010110010010 111011010 01 1 10111100101 1101011101 111110111001 0101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, implacable are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase truth connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Pebbles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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