This is an analysis of the poem Tract that begins with:
I will teach you my townspeople
how to perform a funeral...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcd ebXfghbac fachifigfbjeiXgaef eekhbeeaXfb kfiddgciXecj ebcjdXgbbdbjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,18,11,12,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111110 10010100 11101001 010 01111001 110111010 1011 1010001101 11111 11101110 10010010110 011010 0111101 11111 011011001 1011 1111110 111000101 01111101 01010100 11 01011101 101010011 1011111 11011 1101001 1110110 111011010 1110111100 01111 01111111 100101 1011 1101 010011110 110010010 10111011 01101101 1111101 1110111 1110 10001101 1010011101 11101 1101110010 1101101 1111111 111101000 10111001100 111111 11010011111 10101111 010001000 11101 11101 1100001 1101010 10111101 1011011 11101011 010101100 0010101 111111110 10111101 1001101 10100010 0110 11 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; for, and, no, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Tract;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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