This is an analysis of the poem Digging that begins with:
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ab ccb Xdef gXhge cb dXXhdXbf hXca AXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,5,2,8,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110111 01111101 1011001101 1011001001 11010111 10101010100 111110001 1001010111 11110 0111010101 010011110010 110111100111 0101010111 101110011 1101111001 11011 1110111001 1101011101 1110110010 101000101101 010110101 1011010101 1001010111 100110 011001110111 0101011011 1101010011 1111010110 01110111 0111 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Digging;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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