This is an analysis of the poem Dumb that begins with:
ALL men are poets if they might but tell
The dim ineffable changes which the sight... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefcgchdgddibfeiXdec idbgbgibgjeibXgecb aXbgjfdcddcajaj ejklbXXdXhgXamblankbbhcbaeigaddfbgbgbcfXdXngXeggmhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,18,15,51,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111001111 01010010101 01001011001 01110011101 110101010001 1001100101 0101010101 1011011111 0111110101 1001011100 1101110101 0101011101 10110010101 010101 1111 0101110011 1101101101 0101010101 010010111001 1001011011 0101011101 10010111011 0101010111 1111011111 00101010101 10110010101 1011111101 0101110001 0101010111 00101010101 0100011111 1001011101 1110110101 1001010111 101101011001 1011100101 1111110111 1001110101 1101101111 1011110111 1011111101 11111111111 1101110111 1100010101 0101011011 1001010101 1111011101 1111010101 111111111111 1101011111 10111001001 1101010111 0101010111 010010001001 0101011001 10101011101 1111010111 11001010101 1111110101 10111111001 0101011100 0101010101 0101111111 11010111011 1111010100 11110111101 1011010101 1101010101 0110010101 1101010101 0110011011 1111111101 0111011101 11010010100 1101110101 01010100101 0100010001 01010011110 11110000101 101101 10011 0101001100 0111011111 1101110111 1101011001 1101010100 1100011111 100010011001 0101010001 0100100100111 010101101 0110010101 1101011001 0100110111 1101010100 11000111000 0101010101 11010100111 1101010100 1101110111 101101000 01 10010101010 1111110100 1101011101 110101001010 10110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1155
- Average number of words per stanza: 205
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, or, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, not are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dumb;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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