This is an analysis of the poem The First Tooth that begins with:
There once was a wood, and a very thick wood,
So thick that to walk was as much as you could;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccb Xdd eee ccc fff dXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101101011 11101111111 101110101101 11001101001 11111011011 101111101101 11101101011 11101101001 101011101001 11001111010 11001011101 101111101011 11101101011 11101011101 111111011011 1101111101 101011010001 011101001111 11101011111 001001111001 01011111001 110111011001 111011111010 111001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wood, i, as, in, like, my, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The First Tooth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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