This is an analysis of the poem Too Snippy To A Snap Dragon that begins with:
On my door,
Before the dawn awakens the dew......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xeefb bacfd BXBghghiXgfdgih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 010101001 11 100001010 11110010 0101101 101111001 1010 1101 11001101 0111101011 00110101 1111010 0110111001 11010010101 1111101110 11010010101 1010101010101 110101110 110 0010110110 001101 01000111001 101100 0110101 01001110 101 10111000110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, you are repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 Too Snippy To A Snap Dragon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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