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

Strong and slippery, built for the midnight grass-party confronted by four cats,
he sleeps his time away -- the detached first claw on his foreleg...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXb cddbe eXXfc Xdfbd XXcfb ghdXg aeeXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011011110010111 11010100111101001101 00101000101101 1101101111100010011 01001000101010111 01001010001100110101 10111001000101111101 01000101101001 1010100010001011111 1111111101000100 1100100100101101111 0101010010110011110 10001001111101 1101111101011101000 1101101101011111 1100110101100110001 1110000100110110111 11011101010000 1100101010111100110 10101010100101011 1000101011100011001 0101110100010110100 10101000001000 00100011010001001010 1010101101011001 1010010101001010111 1110001101001101110 10001000011111 0100100011010111101 0101100101101010 0100000111000110101 0111010010010111000 101010101001001 0101110011001101100 1001011101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (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; to, of, as, with, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

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