This is an analysis of the poem Distraction that begins with:
When swarms of small distractions harry
Devotion like the gnats that fly...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg hihiXfbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010 01010111 111111010 11111101 110111110 11010110 011101010 00110001 101001010 11111101 110010110 01010110 110101110 01111101 1000110010 01010011 101101110 01110011 110111010 11010101 110111110 11111111 111100110 100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; so, of, o are repeated.
The author used the same words when, say 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 Distraction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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