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

The rejected word 'peace'
At the beginning of an outraged era;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbc daeXfgde dXXhdeXe ghhaaXfb XXdbaicb XfdXiXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110 10010011110 0110011 1010101 11010110 1111 010011 010111 111101 10110 110101 10100101 0101110 0100100010 1010101 00101 11010110 01010100 011111 010101 1010101 1101000 10101101 0100011 01010011 10001001 11101011 110111 11101001 0100101 100110010 10010101 10000101 010010001 1010000101 100111 111011100 01010010 10111 01010011 1011000100 1010101 0101111 0101011 0110010010 010010100 00100001 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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