This is an analysis of the poem Jaguar that begins with:

Nasal intonations of light
and clicking tongues…...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXa caXdecfgghda fegbhecXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001001 1101 0100010 1010111 10100 10111 111 10101101010 10110001 10111101 00111101 10101 10011 1110100010 0110 10111100101 110110 101 11 11010111 11100010101 1101 111 101111 001010001 11 01100010001 1111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words smells, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines silence is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Jaguar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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