This is an analysis of the poem The Snare that begins with:
I hear a sudden cry of pain!
There is a rabbit in a snare:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB BcbC CdcdXdbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 10010001 1110101 1110101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 10010101 1110111 1110101 1110101 1010001 1011101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, making, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines where, afraid, place are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Snare;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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