This is an analysis of the poem Molehill Dwellers that begins with:

Some influential molehill dwellers,
Constructing more barrels for their crabs to live......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcb bdeabccX ccecd fddX Xedag X aXebaegX XfcX egc XaXaaX db cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,4,5,1,8,4,3,6,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 01011011101 11101101 0111010100010 10010101 111000101 111011101 00100011101 101101 11101010111 10101001001 0110100111 010110001101 10101001110100 1011001 101100111101 1011100101 1111110 10011001101000 1111110101 11111011101 110111010 01001110101101 1 1111 10100010101 111010110 1001101010010 11101 11 10000100 11 10101100100 101 11111 01101001010 10100111 1 11010011 111101010 1001100 1110101 1101111 111100101 100 100101110110 11 1101 110110011001 0101101110100 1 1101 11 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

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

  • summary of Molehill Dwellers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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