This is an analysis of the poem The Nails that begins with:
I gave you sorrow to hang on your wall
Like a calendar in one color....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXB cdadeedece XcfbghibbjbaXg gjabej a hih BXbjchbgfgebj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,14,6,1,3,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001111 101000110 11011111 00011011 01110111101 111110111 1010010 111 1101001110 1010101 010101001 01110 1101010010 10101 1011010 1100101 10010010 1101111 10101111 1010110 11011011 1111001 10101101 10101 111101 110 0101001101 101010101 11001 1111101101 01110110 111111100001 0010010110 1011 010111010010 11011111 01101001 0110101 00011011 1001101110 111011101 010001001 1111 11010 10111001001 1110 101001 1111010 110101110 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i, it, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Nails;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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