This is an analysis of the poem The Instruction Manual that begins with:
As I sit looking out of a window of the building
I wish I did not have to write the instruction manual on the uses of a new metal....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbbeXbfXeghfXhihiiijkXheeikfbalekgbhegkb cmglikgnXmhconocegeXXhfljpiegdep
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110100100010 111011010010100101000110 1110001111011001101 110011110101 11001010011010100110 11110101011011110111010010010 011101010011010 10110101110110101 1110111001010010010100 1101100001011011 010101000110100 011010110111101010 101000111111110111 111001011110011111101 01010101010001011 110001001010 10111011011 111011110110010 01101011100101111 0101101000010010 111001110101111010101110 110100110001111 1111100010111 110111101101011011 101011100010101011001 1010010110110100101101 101100111110101 11100100100010 111100011101010 11111001100011 1110101010011 01000101010011 011101110111110 101111100101101100 10101011111001000011 10101011001111010101 1000100101011001110011 0110100010 1110110100010 0100110110111 01101001111010011 10010100100110110111 0101001111111011 1110101000110010011 1111101110011 11110011111 001110110101010 11100111100100111 11010010111010101 1010010110011111011 010110100011 1100101010 1011101011111001101 1101010100100101 1111010010011100011 1110010101110101100110110 01101111011111111100010111101 01001001110111100010 11110110111001001011 100110001001111010010100 100101001011 100101111011101 11001011010100101111 110011110001000 1110001101001101 1011111100110011 110010010110 10110001011001 11001101101010100011010 1111110110101110101 11101010011111010 110101011111101 1101110010010110111 1 10001010011111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2592
- Average number of words per stanza: 488
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, to, and, in, his, we, us, there, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, she, the, there, we are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Instruction Manual;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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