This is an analysis of the poem Dusting that begins with:
Every day a wilderness—no
shade in sight. Beulah...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbX bcddXedXe XdeccfXddagg fXfhhaeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101001 10110 100111 010001 01010 10111 1101 10011 111 1011 1011 1011010 01011011 011011 1100 1 110 101011 10111 001001 1001001 001011 1101010 0111 010011 101001 0111 11 11001 10101 001001 01101 101 1001 1010111 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dusting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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