This is an analysis of the poem To Peg And Plot To Slot Slander that begins with:

Doing their best to peg and plot to slot slander,
Anywhere a suspicious kindness sits......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBC Xb cbXXa bX XccbXABCBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,2,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110110 1010010101 0010010 0101100 10110010 1100 11 0010100010 001100111010 1110101 11001010 1001110 110111001 11 1011010111 01101011 1101 1111110 101101110110 1010010101 0010010 0101100 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of To Peg And Plot To Slot Slander;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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