This is an analysis of the poem To A Mouse that begins with:
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcX dddbdb XeXfeX dXddXd fffbfb XbbXbX dddXdc ccXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010 11010011 111110110 110010 110101111 1101 010101010 110101010 110111010 11110 111111010 11010 11111111 11110111 01010001 10101 11010101 1101 11111010 010101110 110101011 1101 11010110 1111 11011111 11010101 1110101 1101 11010101 1111 11111111 1111001010 111111110 1111 010101010 1101 1111111 01011101 01111111 1110 11111111 1101 11110111 00110101 11110111 1101 11011101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; an', i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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- summary of To A Mouse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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