This is an analysis of the poem The Pledge At Spunky Point that begins with:

A tale of earnest effort and human perfidy
It's all very well for preachin', ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcbDede bdfdcbGb hXXfdcXc abhbecdc ieGeXcec jjjXkbdb iededgjg Xcgcihjh beXXXlkl XXdXDebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010110100 01101110 11011011 11010110 11110011 110010111 11111101 01111101 11111001 01011101 0100111 111101101 1011111 1110111001 111101 11010100 1010111 11101010 0010101 10001001001 1011101 111110111 11111101 1100111101 10111001 10101110 1110111 101110111 1111101 11011101 11011101 110101001 11011001 1101010 01110010 11010100 111111 10101010 111101101 1011110111 10101001 11011101 111111 110101011 110101100 110101101 010111 11101110011 111111 11011111 111101 11010101 1011111 110111001 111101 1011011101 10101011 01111101 111101 111010101 0111011 111110101 111101 010011101 0111001 10101101011 1101101 111010010 1101010 1111010 1011111 01011010 00100101 1110010010 010111 111001111 01011101 110010111 1101101 11111111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, me, and, he, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Pledge At Spunky Point;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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