This is an analysis of the poem The Instrument that begins with:
Who reads poetry? Not our intellectuals;
they want to control it. Not lovers, not the combative,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcXXdXebcafcdXecXbfXgbXbXgaeXggaXcgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001110100 11001011010111 110001110101 110111110 10010111101010 1000110100100 1111111001 10101101010010 10010011001010 1011010101001 1100100101001 010110101001 11010010010100 0101110011 010010110110101 101110101010100 010011001000100 11111010010 01010011101010 1111011010 010101011010111 001001100101 10010000111011 110101010110 101111000101001 111001011010 101011110101 1011101100101010 100101001010001 0101111101101 110100111001 1010101010101001 100101010001 00101001010001 101010100101011 110111010111010 1111101 111010001101100 1001101011101 100011010001111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1991
- Average number of words per stanza: 344
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; not, for are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Instrument;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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