This is an analysis of the poem The Plums Tasted that begins with:

The plums tasted
sweet to the unlettered desert-tribe girl-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdXXXefdXaadfXebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110 10010001011 11100100111010 11110110 10110 11010 111101 111100 1001 1110010010 1111010 101001001 1110010100001 001 010101110 01100 11101011 111001001 101001 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 Plums Tasted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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