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

Years pass.
Cattle cars in the downtown freightyard...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbacbXdbbXcdebbfgbehXaijXkhlbkb aXjmgiabmmbXkd hXXbhlfXmnab cncfbXh cbjabbccaXah Xhhgbnfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,14,12,7,12,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 101001110 11111001 101001010110 1011100111 11101001 101111011010 01111110 01010110101 101011111011 100110 11011000111101 1010101 11011101011 10011101 111001101010 110100010101 1010010101101 11 11111011 1011 0110111011 111101 0011110 01010110 10110 1011000 01000010 010001010000100111101 100010110011110 0010101001001 1101111101010100 1110011011 11001 1111010 10111011000010 01111 11111001 10101101 1110100101101 101111 1111101000101 1101111 1111010011 0101110001011 1100100101110 001100101 11111010101 01100 1001110101010 1010101001011 11110101 111011010110 011100011 111111 011001010101 1101100101001 110010011001 11111010 01011110 0101111 0111000101110 101100001 0100110 1011000110 111011001 1010100110 111101 1100001010 11101111 0100110111 10110011101 110 101001001 1101101101011 11010 11110100110 10 111010101110 101111 1110101 10101001 011001001101010 001001 0001011111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my, had, i, wished, in, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on, of are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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