This is an analysis of the poem The Little Book that begins with:
When the beloved disciple took
The angels' little open book,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc dddd dddd XXee bbdd ffbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100101 01010101 11010111 01010101 11010001 11110001 11010101 11010001 11010101 11010101 01010100 11011101 11010101 11011001 11110001 11010101 11011101 110100010 11011101 11110111 11010101 01010101 11011001 01011101 01110101 01111101 11111101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Little Book;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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