This is an analysis of the poem A Wrangdillion that begins with:

Dexery-tethery! down in the dike,
Under the ooze and the slime,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXcd ddddefef gagahXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001001 1001101 1001001001 1001001 1011111001 1010101 1101001001 1001101 11001001101 111001101 111001001001 11111001 01001001001 01000101 111001001001 11001001 01001101001 101001001 11001101001 111001001 01101001001 11101010 111001101001 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, in are repeated.

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

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

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