This is an analysis of the poem Goliath And David that begins with:
Yet once an earlier David took
Smooth pebbles from the brook: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccbb eeffgXhhccaabbggiiaajjkkllXXbbddmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,34,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100101 110001 1010111 01110100 01011111 11010101 11010111 11110111 111101010 110111110 100100011 11010101 10011001 01010101 10111101 10111001 01111111 10010100 11001101 01010001 10111011 101000101 11110101 11010111 10011011 11111101 11000101 100011101 11010111 11111111 1101011 01010111 010100111 11010101 11010111 110100111 01110111 1011101 11010111 11101011 11110111 11011101 11111101 11010111 11110011 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 841
- Average number of words per stanza: 152
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, clang, s are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Goliath And David;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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