This is an analysis of the poem Turtle that begins with:
I want to get with your turtle.
Your turtle seems so at peace, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC ADe AFBB gXgg X ABBC AFBBXADea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,1,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010110 1101111 10111101 1010110 11010110 110100110001 10010101 1101 011101 101010111 1110100 1101 00110101 01011001 1010111010 10110001 11010110 1101111 10111101 1010110 1101 011101 101010111 1110100 11010110 110100110001 1001011001 000111011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words i, so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Turtle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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