This is an analysis of the poem Circe's Power that begins with:

I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXXa XXX XX ccX dXX baXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,2,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011000001 11011110 111 01011 1101101001111011 01001 010011 10010 111101 1011 110101101110 11111011 110101 111101 1111100011 1111010 1101110 010110111 01101111 1001000 01001111111011 11010011010011 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word pigs at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Circe's Power;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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