The Visitor by Jack Prelutsky: poem analysis

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

it came today to visit
and moved into the house...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd caXa ebcb dfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 110001 011011100 110101 101110 10111 101110 1110111 0111010 110101 0101111 110111 0111010 110101 1111010 011111 1101010 010101 0101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word it 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 Visitor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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