This is an analysis of the poem The Amateur Photographer that begins with:
Beware of those who slyly pilch
In many cunning ways; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdCdeFE gcgccdCDXXE chchcdCDXFE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 010101 010101011 010101 01010101 010101 11010101 111101 0100 1101 01000100 01110111 110001 01010111 110111 01011111 010101 11010101 111101 0100 1000 01000100 01010001 111111 01010001 110101 01010001 011111 11010101 111101 0101 1101 01000100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; of is repeated.
The author used the same word beware at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word photographer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Amateur Photographer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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