This is an analysis of the poem Flashbacks that begins with:
All it takes is Laura Riding's riding-
crop across my butt, and I'm off:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa Xbab XXa aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1010101010 10111101 111110111 111010010 1011010 1001 110100111 110001 11101 011100 10111100 010101 1110 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 Flashbacks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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