This is an analysis of the poem The Gourd that begins with:
In the heavy earth the miner
Toiled and laboured day by day,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXdad efgfecXc fcXcXdhd XXgbfdad dhghXdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101010 11100111 10001010 1010101 10101110 1011101 10111010 0010101 10101010 1010101 10001010 1010101 10101010 10100101 10101010 10010101 00101011 0100111 01101011 0110101 11101110 1010001 11101010 1111111 10100110 0010101 10101010 0110101 101010100 1010101 011101110 0011101 10101111 1010101 11101010 00101001 10101010 1010101 111010010 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Gourd;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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