This is an analysis of the poem Work Chapter Vii that begins with:
Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."
And he answered, saying: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b c d e e e X c e X f f d g X g b h c c a i X h a i X X eXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001010 111010 1111111001101001 10010000101010010101101010110010011010010100 1111101111010000101010 1011001111011110100100 111101110011110010 1110111111100101101010111111 1010100111101101 1011111000100011010 101011111010100100101100111111011101011110111010 11011010101011001101111010 111110011011101 11101111010 11100111101 11101011101 1111011110010101010101 11000101 0001010110111010101000111 000101001010101010001011 00011010011010011010101000101 00011111000101110 10111011110011110 1011111101001111010110100110010010111101 111100110101010010010111110101110 11110110010100001010111110001011001010101 1101011101001000111010110 1011100 101101011100010010111111111010010111011101 10111001001101011111110 10110100011101010001 101111101110101101100100011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 95 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 19
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of, you, when, work, that, in, your, life, there, save, all, with, it, who, he, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, it are repeated.
The author used the same words and, it 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 Work Chapter Vii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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