This is an analysis of the poem Yet that begins with:

Hang him from a tree he hasn't hung from yet.
Fling him off a bridge no one's been flung from yet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa ba ba ca Xa Xa XaXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001110101 11101110101 1100110101 010111110101 101111101 11110011101 011010111 010111010101 01110011101 111111101 1001100011 11111110101 1011000010 11111010101 11000101010 0101111101 111110001 010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; from, yet, no are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yet is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word yet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Yet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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