This is an analysis of the poem A Magpie that begins with:
At a slightly slothful pace
A silent man quietly walks across the meadows...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba Xcdc edXa ceaX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010101 0101100101011 010101101111 0011011100111 0011001000001100 1010100101 0111010101 10011101 1101001101 11101010 10101111 00011110010 111010111010001 1010101001100 101110100101 11101100010011 01011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Magpie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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