This is an analysis of the poem Slime Crawlers that begins with:

Obsessed with correctness,
And images sublime to define themselves....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacabda XdX abXX bbbbb aaeeXca Xbbeee abcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,4,5,7,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 11000100101 11100010011100 1111010001 1010011101001 101110100 0100111 1010101 1 11 10101111 11010010 1100101010 010010110 11010000101 1110 1010 101010 1100100100 0100111 1101010010 10101010 0101101 1110010 110 11010001 01 1110 0101011010 010011010110 111100 00101101010 11101111 010000010101 1010110100 1110101 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.

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

  • summary of Slime Crawlers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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