This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Rooster On The Roof that begins with:

Someone said,
Chickens will come home to roost....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbc aX Adcd XeX feeXbefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1001101 110010101 0010010 1111011 0111000 111 111101 1001110 1110101 101101011 11101 1100110 111010001 111101 10111 11010101 101100111 101101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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

  • summary of There Is A Rooster On The Roof;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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