This is an analysis of the poem Hedgehog that begins with:
The snail moves like a
Hovercraft, held up by a...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabc decX cccf XbdX gfeg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110 1011110 1010001 10010 0011011 1010011 111111 01011011 111111 1001001 110111 1100110 011110 011001001 1101011 10110101 10101 100101 10111001 0011001 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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; hedgehog, to, we are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hedgehog;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.