This is an analysis of the poem Jack that begins with:
Jack's dead an' buried; it seems odd,
A deep hole covered up with sod... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddddaa ddeeffggddhXdddd iibbaaiibbgg jjddkkddffaagX ggddhhccggdX gghhffgglXddiill aaddbbaaddaabb llaaXXddbbbbllhhXXkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,12,14,12,16,14,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 01110101 111101 11110111 01000111 11010011 11011111 11111011 11110101 11010111 11111111 11110111 11110111 11111101 11010100 11000111 11011111 11001011 01110111 11110101 11111111 11111101 01011111 11010111 11111111 11111101 11110111 11110101 11111101 110111001 11111101 01111101 110100101 11010101 11010101 01010111 01011111 0111111 11010111 11011111 01111101 01111111 11010101 01000101 11011111 11111100 01010111 11011111 11111111 11110100 11110101 111111010 11110101 11011011 01011101 110111010 10110111 11010101 01010011 11101111 11011101 11100111 11011001 11010101 01010111 0100101 11110111 11010101 11111111 11101111 1111101 11111101 110010111 11110101 01111101 11111101 01011101 11111111 01111101 11111111 11110101 11111001 11110111 11011011 11111111 01111111 01000111 11011101 11011111 01000111 11111111 11010111 11010111 11010101 11111011 11111101 11011001 11111101 11011111 11010111 10110101 11111111 11111111 11110101 11110101 01111101 11110011 11110111 11011101 01010011 01011101 11010111 11111111 11110101 11111111 01010110 11111111 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; could, or, and, an', i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word jack's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Jack;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
