This is an analysis of the poem Insomnia that begins with:
The moon in the bureau mirror
looks out a million miles...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXa cdadXd ceXeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010 1101010 10101101 1110101 11010111 01101110 10101010 1100101 111010010 10101101 11110011 110101 0011010 110111 1011110010 1110111 1010110101 0111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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; where is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Insomnia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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