This is an analysis of the poem The Poet In The Nursery that begins with:

The youngest poet down the shelves was fumbling
In a dim library, just behind the chair ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab aaaaaa cdcdcd eaeaea ffffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101011100 00111010101 010101011100 0101110101 100111110100 1101011101 11110111110 010101011010 11110111010 00011011010 11110001010 1000011010010 11001101110 0011011101 11011101010 0101010011 101110111010 11010011101 011101010010 1101000101 1110101011010 1001101101 1110101010 0111010101 11010101110 1001110111 110101001110 0111010111 110100111110 1001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Poet In The Nursery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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