This is an analysis of the poem The Pig that begins with:
In England once there lived a big
And wonderfully clever pig....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeffcceeXXggggeehhXXcccciieeccjjeeggcckkeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11000101 01010011 11010101 11110101 11111101 11111111 11110111 11101001 11011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01011111 01110101 11001101 10011101 111100110 1111110101 11110111 11100101 11110101 11010101 11110101 1101101 11110001 11011100 11010101 100101111 11111101 01011101 11001101 01010001 11000101 10010001 11010101 11111100 01111101 11001101 11110101 10010111 011100101 01111101 11110101 11010101 10110101 10010111 110101001 11111101 11011101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1791
- Average number of words per stanza: 345
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; he, 'they, my, want, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, what, 'they are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Pig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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