This is an analysis of the poem One Horse Is No Different From Another that begins with:

You can lead a horse to the water.
But you can not force that horse to drink....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXabcdcX dXX Xdea eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,3,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010 111111101 11101 1111001101 00100100010 1110101 101011111 1110100110 1010 010 1010111 111010100 101111101 1 110101100110 01 11011000010 110101 11100101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; that, horse are repeated.

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

  • summary of One Horse Is No Different From Another;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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