This is an analysis of the poem The Ten Commandments that begins with:
I believed the Ten Commandments,
Were sins we were not to commit....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cbbaXXb db defdghhgfhXh iXX icc XXXX ebdbeXeb XeXX b XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,2,12,3,3,4,8,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 01101001 111010110 1100011111 1111 101110100 110100100 001010100 1010001010100 00110010 1101001111 10101111 101000010 110111 1111101011 1111110110 1111101001011 01001011010 10110110 11110 111010100 1111 111111001110 111101101 111101011010110 11 11100 111101011 1111 111010111 11010111 1 1 111011 101100101 11100101 111 1011110 01100100 1111101 010101010 100101 001011010 1 11 100011111011 111110100101 111001 1 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, not, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you, ain't are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines things is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ten Commandments;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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