This is an analysis of the poem The Exposed Nest that begins with:

You were forever finding some new play.
So when I saw you down on hands and knees...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacabcdaeeXcXdfffcccceececcecebgegb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 1111111111 10111000111 1011010111 1101110101 01110100101 1011110101 0101011101 1111010101 1101011101 1111110101 111111001010 1011011101 01011111010 0100001101 1101000111 1100010011 01010000111 1111111101 01011100111 1101100101 1101101101 1111010101 1110010101 11110010101 1101111101 1101110100 1111010111 1111001101 1110110111 1001111011 1101110101 1101010011 0101000101 0100110111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1555
  • Average number of words per stanza: 309
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Exposed Nest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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