This is an analysis of the poem The Statues that begins with:

PYTHAGORAS planned it. Why did the people stare?
His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXccdedXdeXcfgfgfgcchfhfhfccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100010100101 0101111101 0101011100 11111000101 0101011110 1101110001 1111101101 1101010101 11011000101 1001010101001 1010111100111 1101011000 1101011101 0101011010 101111110 1101111101 1101010101 1001011111 1101010101 1000101010111 110010101001 10110100101 11110101001 1001010100 1110100001 11101101101 110101010001 1101001101 1101010101 1101010101 1011011111 01000010101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 236
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; what is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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