This is an analysis of the poem The Call Of The Wild that begins with:
Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there's nothing else to gaze on,
Set pieces and drop-curtain scenes galore,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcccc adaddedE XdXddede fgfgdedE heheieie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111100111101011 1101110101 110101010101110 1101010111 11101001000111010 10101010111 1111101011111110 10101010101 1110001000111010 0111010101 1110101110101010 1101010101 11101011111010010 11101011111 11101001011101110 1100010101 11101110101101100 0101111101 11101110101101010 10011011101 1110111010001010 101010101001 1111101011101010 1100010101 11101110100111110 1100010001 10101101010101010 10101010101 1111001010111010 11010001001 01010110101111 1100010101 1110101011110110 11110010111 1111001110100110 1111010101 1110101011111011 11100010111 1010101110101011 10101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, you, things, they, in, us, let are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, they, let are repeated.
The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Call Of The Wild;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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