This is an analysis of the poem Spider that begins with:

Anansi, black busybody of the folktales,
You scuttle out on impulse...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXcc ddbbbee bbdddff aaaggXX gabbbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100000100 1101101 101100 1011010111 10100100 0111001 110101110101 110110111010 1001010 010101 1011101011 11110101 1111001 101000110101 000111010100 1111011 100001 0101001101 01111110 1010111 110110010010 110101010101 1000100 010010 0010011011 01100011 0100011 010100110100 010101001010 1011011 110101 0101001011 11110001 110111 110010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Spider;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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