This is an analysis of the poem The Naked Land that begins with:
A beast stands at my eye.
I cook my senses in a dark fire....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aab XcbX XXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 1111000110 011110110 0100011001 110100010010 110 1110011 11001010101101 0101010 0101000111 00101110101 00110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Naked Land;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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