This is an analysis of the poem Rough Beast that begins with:
Don't tell a camel about need and want.
Look at the big lips...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a babcX db Xbef b fX df beX e Xg caXhha g eab h f bfX iccX hei iagb Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,2,4,1,2,2,3,1,2,6,1,3,1,1,3,4,3,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001111 11011 1 001001 010010 00110 01001100 1011 01001 01001101 0101 10101 101111000100 111 00101 0101010100 0101 111 010001010 100 0100101010 11110 001 001111 010 1010 11001 01 1010 01011001001 101011010 111 10110 000111 101 1000010 1111 100101 1101 010011 11001 10101 01011011 11010 10101 1111 10010111 010011 01 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, when are repeated.
The author used the same words when, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Rough Beast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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