This is an analysis of the poem The Circus that begins with:
I remember when I wrote The Circus
I was living in Paris, or rather we were living in Paris...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabacdefgccahhaeaijjeadajfj daXddjabjajjda jjkXal k dbajlXiaimX alnfn bndjbgiaXjjcgme aoXobhejjlndbiXjd ab X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,14,6,1,11,5,15,17,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111010 11100101101010010 101101010010 111111101101 01110110 1011011001010110 1001101110101 111111101001 01010111111011 1110111011010 11111111110010 111010101011010 0110110100110 11110111001010101010 1110101101111 0100110111110 111111101010010 1111100010101 101111101 101000101011000110 110111110101 1010001010111010 0101011011101101 1010011000110111010110 11110101011010101 10111010100110100 10111010010111010101 0111110001010 100111010110010 1011010111 11110100101010 1100100100010010111111 10100110010111111100101 101111101010 11011101011111001 001011001010111111010010 100100010 0101110101 00101011011010001 011010101011101 11101011000100010010 011101011100100 010011110010 1101100100 11100011010010101001 1101010011101110 010101011110 001010001001001000 110110011101 1011110010011111 0101111110101110110 101111111111111010001 0010011 10010100010011000 1111101001010101111011 0111110010 11111011100001111 11101011011111001 11010011101011 11101010111111111101 11101101011 110111010 111111111101001001011011 0111101010010 110100111011110101 101001001110010 0111010010111011 1111110001001 10101110100011111 1110111010101 11101110101010101 1100111011100111010 1111110101010 11101110101011 1110110011111000 11101000101111010010 10111110000101 111110010111101 10101110011010100 1101011011010111010 1111111110101 0011111111000 111000100010101 10011111010 1100110010101010 110111011 11010011 001001101101010100 010010111101101 10101100111111010 11110111110111000101 1110111101011101111 1101011101111101 11110111110110101 11001010111111001 1110011111101 1001100101010 111001000101000101 010000101001011011001110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, building, and, it, best, to, circus, of, or, his, one, you, he, time, my, them, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Circus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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