This is an analysis of the poem The Paper Nautilus that begins with:
For authorities whose hopes
are shaped by mercenaries?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccbad ddXadef eegdeeg XhfXhba biahiaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 1111010 10011 10111 10010111 010100 100111 1001000 1010101 11111 11010 10101010 100010 111110 1010111 1011001 11100 01010 10110101 011011 110110 101100010 110001 00100 11100 01101111 100111 011111 1010101 1010010 01011 11011 10110111 001010 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines by is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Paper Nautilus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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