This is an analysis of the poem The Shoemakers that begins with:
Ho! workers of the old time styled
The Gentle Craft of Leather!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababCbCbdbdbefefdXdghghXdgdgiiiifbfbebebaXabjXjifdfdkikXibibaXaXdldlmimiaXaXababXgfXCbCb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11000111 0101010 11000101 1111010 11011101 00101010 11111101 11110010 11010111 1101010 11010111 0111010 11011101 0101010 11010111 1101010 11010101 0101110 110100101 0101010 11110111 01010010 11010111 0101010 11010101 0101010 11011101 0101010 11010101 0101110 11110101 1101010 01111111 1101110 100010101 1101010 10110001 0101110 11110101 1101010 11011101 1111010 11111111 1101110 11011101 0101100 11011101 1101110 11111101 0111010 11011101 11001010 10010101 0101010 11010101 0101010 010110001 0111110 11010101 1101110 11010101 0101110 11011101 0101100 11111110 0111110 11010111 1101010 11011101 1100010 11010101 0101010 01100101 0110010 01011101 1101000 11110111 1001010 11111101 0111110 110101010 0101110 11000011 0101110 11011101 00111010 11111101 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2884
- Average number of words per stanza: 505
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, rap, and, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shoemakers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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