This is an analysis of the poem The Pike that begins with:
The river turns,
Leaving a place for the eye to rest,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc XdaXX XcXdXXXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 100110101 0100101 010010 01111100 101110111100 11100011001 01011011010010 10110110100101 01101010 1111100010 111101010010 111111011 0110011 0010100101 011010101 01010011 011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Pike;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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