This is an analysis of the poem The Snail that begins with:
To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall,
The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab cXcb dddb eeeb cccb fffb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 01111101 10111111 010 01110111 110100100 01110101 010 11010101 010101001 11000101 010 10111101 01011101 11010001 110 11010111 11000101 10111101 010 11110111 11011101 01001101 010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of The Snail;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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