This is an analysis of the poem Theme For English B that begins with:

The instructor said,
Go home and write...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb XcXcdcdefg eabgbXXahhXa aefabXebbbeaeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,10,12,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101 1111 0101 11111101 10001 11000110 1110110101010 1101111011 00101010110 110101010011 01001110010 1011111100 110110111001 0101111101010 1011111101 0110011011111 11011111101 11111110111 111111111101 1111111 11101111001 11011111011 1101101001 10110111 111010101111 0111011111010 1011010111 10100101 1000 0101010 111 101011110101 10100 0101111000101 111101000101 11111 11101 111101 1111011 11111 00111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; then, i, to, hear, you, me, like, part, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Theme For English B;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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