This is an analysis of the poem The Missal Makers that begins with:

To visit the Escurial
We took a motor bus,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd ababeeee fgfghifi jijibkbk ehehflfl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100100 110101 11010100 1101 11111101 11101010 0111101 01110 10010001 111101 01010101 0101 01011011 110001 11010011 1101 11011111 010101 11011011 0111 01010101 110111 11010101 10001 11110111 010101 01110111 1010 10110101 111101 11110101 1111 11000111 011111 110010101 1001 11110011 100101 11011101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, their are repeated.

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

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

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