This is an analysis of the poem The Archipelago that begins with:
Like copper shone the autumn day. Poseidon
And Aeolus moaned softly, mournfully....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abba aXcXaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010101010 110110100 1101111101 11111011010 01110111010 1101010101 0111111101 01111111010 0111010111 01011111010 01000111110 0101110101 01110101010 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 The Archipelago;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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