This is an analysis of the poem Idol that begins with:
Down in the pine needles
in the snowstorm-stogged ravine...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX Xcdc aXXe fdXd Xdbe adcc gXaf cfgd Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 00111001 1100101 10011010 010010 1101011 11001010 101001 11110110 1111011 100111 1101101 001010 11101 1101 0111 11111010 101 00110 1011 11101010 01011 110101 11101 01110111 00011110 1101 11010101 11000011 111 011110 111 010111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Idol;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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