This is an analysis of the poem The Fable About A Nail that begins with:
For lack of a nail the kingdom has fallen
—according to the wisdom of nursery schools—but in our kingdom...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXa cdXee dXaXX baeXXXdcde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001010110 01000100100110110 110111011110110 10011110010 101111110010 10101100100 010011010010110 111101011011 11001011101 1000111010111 101010110101 10011010111010 101110110 1011010110101111 00101011101001 11000101110 0100100101010010 1001001101010 00100001101001 0111110110 101011011 110111000001 0101100011010010010 1011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, or, in, and, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fable About A Nail;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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