This is an analysis of the poem The Alphabet that begins with:
The letters of the Jews as strict as flames
Or little terrible flowers lean ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabacbacba bdabdaaaaaada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100011111 110100101 10010100110 1011010101 0100011111 11011101010 01010101110 110101 1011000111 110101010010 1000001101 110101 11010100010 11010101 1101000101 11011001010 10111001 1011010010 1101010001 0100011101 1101010101 1101011101 1001010101 1001010101 1101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 519
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, past, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Alphabet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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