This is an analysis of the poem Soap Suds that begins with:
This brand of soap has the same smell as once in the big
House he visited when he was eight: the walls of the bathroom open...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc bdde adXaXaedc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101101111001 11100111101001110 0010110110111101 0110100101001001 1100101101000101 1110110011001 0111001011001 0101001000110101 0111101010101 1011111010101 11011100111101 1101011110111 111110110101 10111111110111 101011010111001 10010111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, then are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Soap Suds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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