This is an analysis of the poem The Photograph that begins with:
See dis pictyah in my han'?
Dat's my gal;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbb XcXcddd ededfff cgcghhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011 111 1110101 111 1010110 1110101 1010111 1111100 111 1101111 111 1100101 1110101 1110111 10111101 101 1110111 101 11111111 1110101 1011111 11111101 101 11111101 111 101101 11010111 10111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Photograph;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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