This is an analysis of the poem Neptune that begins with:
Nobody seems to dream of visits on Neptune.
With a giving of its wonder and suspense....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE EEBEBXEfXdf ecEfXe ABCDEXEEBEB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,6,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010110 00100010101 101111101010100 011111010 1000101011000100 1010100100 100010 00111110101010 100010 00111100 1101100110010 100010 11010101011001 100101010101 10100 1000101011100 100101010 111101011100 100010 1100 101110101 1111001000 111101010110 00100010101 101111101010100 011111010 1000101011000100 1010100100 100010 00111110101010 100010 00111100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Neptune;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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