This is an analysis of the poem The Maze that begins with:
I saw the
dead bird on the sidewalk...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdcefgafXdcdghijdkel XmhXnno a onmcf c h cc aggXcnnljXi oh ckeid id Xnjk naof nhfX hXlfhc knXpphaXnnkXnnX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,7,1,5,1,1,2,11,2,5,2,4,4,4,6,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 111011 01010 11010 1100010 1111 0101001 111010 11111 010 11100010 111011 10 1110 110 110101 101011 1011010 010011 1010 11101 11010101 1101 0111 11101 1111 100 1011 010010 1001 0100010 110 10101 11 001 10010 010 1100 11 1 010 01 10 10111 0101 10 101 101 1 11 01010010 110 0111 01101 11 11 01010 10 11110 0110 110001 010 1101 11101 100 001000 111 0101 110 11 001 011 11011 11 0101 11010 11 01 1 10 0100010 10 11 0111 010 0101 0011 00110 101 10010 11011 001 1
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 93
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 The Maze;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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