This is an analysis of the poem Around The World With Minerva that begins with:

She would offer us crumpets.
Minerva Pinkston......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCB deb fXfeXcghcXc aeihadde jXfhej bcijdeidcXbc XfbXddffXf XABCB gcchbiibdfebXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,11,8,6,12,10,5,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 01010 110011 10111001 010101 110110101010 0010010010 110101011 11101110011 1011101 101111101 01110 101111 111111101 11110100 0011100 10101101 011010101 101011 01010010 1100101 11001010 00110 110111 110111 001111101 10111111 10101010 010101 00111101101 010100 111110101 0100010 101101 101011 100110 1101010 11101 0101010 1110 001 111 11111111 11111001 01 010100110011 111001 101101 1010001 10010110 111110 01101 010101 1011100 100010101 1110110 01010 110011 10111001 010101 111010 011001 0101 0101110 111101 0100110 10001011010 11111 101 111101 1110100 10011 1010101 1100100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, as are repeated.

    The author used the same words she, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase minerva connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Around The World With Minerva;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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