This is an analysis of the poem The Butter Factory that begins with:
It was built of things that must not mix:
paint, cream, and water, fire and dusty oil....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbX cXXXadbed babceX eXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011011111 11110101101 1101010001 1110011010 11011010101 1010100101011 010101010010 10110101111 1111111100 10000110110101 101000100101011 1101101100111 0010110111011 11011001100100 111110101001111 100111101101 01011100101 1100101001110 0011101010010 001010101100100 01111010011001 01110101101100 10001001001001 0110110101010110 00111010100 101110101010 001011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Butter Factory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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