This is an analysis of the poem Pissilled And Posselled that begins with:

Pissilled and posselled,
Are those quite disturbed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabab cdae dafac XaaX ggdXhad XX XXgXdXfX hXdeb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,7,2,8,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100 11101 1011001 1101 1010 10101 01100111 11010 1101111 11010 01011 010101 0111010 1101 1111101 010010101 01101110011 111101000101010 110011000100001 01010010011101 1010101010010 0101100 00100010 1100010 10010110111001 10 11110101101 101101110 1101110 01010101 10111000 111101011 1010110 01011100 10001001 1 1001100 111001001 10010110000101 110010101 1010001010 10111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

  • summary of Pissilled And Posselled;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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