This is an analysis of the poem Basking Peacocks Flocking On The Dunes that begins with:

Perceptions of success to award,
And who should be given a focus that explores it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcd bdcacb deafgghf hXbiX XeiababXfhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001001 1110100101010 010100010011010 011000101010010 11010100010100 11001010011010 101001001 01001010101011100 010000101101 1010010100 110000010110101 110101001111010 0010001 100101101001 10111111010 01001010010 100110001 0100010010 0010010001000001 110001001 01110011 111 1111010 01011101010 110 1 101011110 011110101 111001 111001101 1 1100111 00110010 1101110101 110 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Basking Peacocks Flocking On The Dunes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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