This is an analysis of the poem The Cause. The Effect that begins with:
The cause. The effect.
And the caring of less to guess, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA Bcdacab BdedaXa AXcfcde AbcXcg gaXaAafeXbaa ABAAaXadb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,7,7,6,12,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 10100101 1110110001 0101011 010001 101010010 001000101010 1001110010 1010011100 11001101 001011111 010001 010001010010 010011100010 01010001000110 110111011 101 100101100101 01001 101001011101 10101111 11010001 010011 110000010101 11001001000001 01001 1010001 101110 11100100 0010010 1101111010 1 111010001 110010010 010010001101 01001 1010001101 001001001 0010001010 101000111 101010100010 101110 11000110100101 01001 10100101 1110110001 0101011 0101001 101110 001101 110111 1101011110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words too, many are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Cause. The Effect;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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