This is an analysis of the poem Witches Chant (From Macbeth) that begins with:

Round about the couldron go:
In the poisones entrails throw.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccDD eeffggddDd hheeaaiijjjXbDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 00100101 101011 1111101 1010101 1110011 1001110 10111010 0100101 0010111 1011101 1011101 1011101 1011101 11010010 10111110 1001110 10111010 1010001 1010111 00100111 101110001 1001001 1011001 10000101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1010111 110001010 11000110 1001110 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word bubble at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Witches Chant (From Macbeth);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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