This is an analysis of the poem The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant that begins with:

An Oyster, cast upon the shore,
Was heard, though never heard before,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffgghhbbaaddiiffjjkkllkkXXkkddbbmmeebbeebbiibbjjnnffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 010001110 110100010 11011001 11001101 01011101 11111011 1110101 10010111 11000101 01011101 10010011 11010011 11010101 110011001 01111111 11010101 11010101 10010001 11010011 01110011 110101010 010111110 11010001 11111101 111101010 111100010 01110111 11010111 11001111 1100110001 010010101 01111111 11110111 11111111 11011110 01011101 01000101 10110101 11111111 11010001 011011010 100111010 01111111 11011001 11001101 11011101 10111101 01010101 11010111 11010111 010101111 010100101 111111010 1101001010 01011101 01000101 11110111 11111111 01011101 11010011 11110101 11110101 010101110 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 418
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 you is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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