This is an analysis of the poem Of Stimulating Packages that begins with:

Spinsters everywhere,
Are becoming overheated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdeffb d adfXadbfXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 10101010 101011 0101 110100111 01010100 001110 101 110001 1011111011 1001011001 11111 00110101 11011101 11011100 010101001 11010 111 1100111 111 0010010 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Of Stimulating Packages;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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