This is an analysis of the poem The Animal that begins with:
Yesterday I saw an animal
On a filthy hallway...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX Xaa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111100 101011 101101010 110101 0010111 11000100 01001101 101 101 0100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Animal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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