This is an analysis of the poem Trapped Dingo that begins with:

So here, twisted in steel, and spoiled with red
your sunlight hide, smelling of death and fear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXcbcaX dXdeddedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110011101 1111100111 1111101001 11001100110 1110100101110 11011100110111 11110010011 11011101010 01001011101 111100101110 100110101001 1101011111 10111011111 1011101101001 101101110101 011001011001 1101110111 010010010001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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

  • summary of Trapped Dingo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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