This is an analysis of the poem The Enemies Of The Little Box that begins with:

Don't box down to the little box
Which supposedly contains everything...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb Xa cbd ec afd ed aXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,3,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 1010001101 1111101 1010 00100 111100 1100010 01 1010010 111110 10011 1010010 11010011 100011 1101 11100101 011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Enemies Of The Little Box;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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