This is an analysis of the poem The Tunnel that begins with:
Toil's a tunnel, there's no way out
For fellows, the like o' me;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bdbdefef ghghiaia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111 1100111 01011001101 10110101 1110111101 0110111 1110110111 1101101 111100011 1011101 1110100111 0100101 01001001001 1111101 10110100111 10101101 1110010111 0100111 111010111 10101101 11100100101 11110101 11101101111 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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, to, an', clank are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, an' are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Tunnel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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