This is an analysis of the poem Domesticated Animals that begins with:
Chastised defiance to inflict punishment.
To give a consent......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAAA AAAAA BBCCC AAAAA CDCAA AAAAAa BBCCC CDCAADBXcCCDBAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,6,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001100 01001 0110101010 0001 101 01010001100 01001 0110101010 0001 101 0111010 1010101 101010100 110101 00111 01010001100 01001 0110101010 0001 101 1010011 1001 1010011 0001 101 01010001100 01001 0110101010 0001 101 1011 0111010 1010101 101010100 110101 00111 1010011 1001 1010011 0001 101 1101111100 001 01010100 110101 00111 1101111100 001 101 0001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word chastised at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word meant at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Domesticated Animals;
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- history of its creation;
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