This is an analysis of the poem Under The Table that begins with:
Bring on the hot topics,
Afraid by others to mention or touch....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACA XaccXXa ABACAdXb dcXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 0111001011 11101 10101 10111101 10001010 1010001 0101101010 111001110010 1111101000 011010 10101 110110 0111001011 11101 10101 10111101 010010 0101011001010 0010011111 11111111 11011010101011 11 011 11110010 101010101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Under The Table;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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