This is an analysis of the poem Ku Klux that begins with:
We have sent him seeds of the melon's core,
And nailed a warning upon his door:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb cCc ddd aaa eee fffXcCc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100101 110100101 1011111111 100101111 0100110111 1010110111 11111111 011110111 1101111111 011100101 010010101 010110101 011100101 1010100101 1011100101 0010010101 01010111 0011110111 100100101 1010010101 010110101 11111111 011110111 101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Ku Klux;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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