This is an analysis of the poem The Call that begins with:
Across the dusty, foot-worn street
Unblessed of flower or tree,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb cbaX decX dacX feXeXebfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 10001011 11111101 010001 01010001 110111 01110111 110111 01110111 110101 00111010 1101010 10111010 010101 11010111 011001 10101110 111111 110101000 011101 01010111 010101 11011101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Call;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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