This is an analysis of the poem Map-Maker that begins with:
Perhaps I'll wake up on some alien shore
In the shimmer of an aluminium dawn, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXe faf gdg X hdcdXeid fbbbej X Xkikljbj efb cfc X gegbXblb ggghehXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,1,8,6,1,8,3,3,1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111111001 00100111001 010110001 1100010111 10110010001 1101101101 111011000 0111110111 011001110111 1100011101 110010011001 110010010001 0110010001 100010110001 1 1011111110 1011011001 1101010100111 11011110011 1011011110 1111010101 0100010110011 110110101 1100111101 101011011 11111010101 1111011111 11011100101 01001011110 1 0110011111 110111111 1010101011 1001011011 10101010101 01101011110 1011101101 110000100010 101011010110101 01010101111 0101010001 111100111 10101110111 10100101101 1 011010100100 11010111 001100101010 01001010111 01011101101 0111001001010 1010000100100 010011101010 11011101101011 111100110 010100100001 101101011110 01111001001 01110100110 00110
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; that, of, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Map-Maker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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