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

I scissor the stem of the red carnation
and set it in a bowl of water....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeafeedcXfccgffdXhebbffhXcddibgdidjffcdfjjgffdfcfXeXdXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 59,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001010 110001010 0101111 01101 11011101 11101 11101 111010101 101010 10110101 10101 1111111 11101111 1110 1010110 1111101010 1101110101 01011000010100 11010111110 11111001 111011 1110111 11011101 1101110010 1111111010 110111 1111000100 1011001 1101100 010111010 101111 111111101 11111011 010101010 1110110101 111111110 01101011 110110 101111000010 001000111 10001 111111000010101 110101111 1111001 11110 100101010101 011 111100110 0101111 10111101 10101110111 111111 1001111011 1010010 1111 111100 0110011111 110110100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2002
  • Average number of words per stanza: 370
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; it, i, of, and are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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