This is an analysis of the poem Broadcaster's Poem that begins with:
I used to broadcast at night
alone in a radio station...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaacXdeeecfdagfXXaedda hcifffXX ecbefagiXaXeXiihfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,8,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 010010110 11110010 100111101 110011010 101000100 100100 1101010 11110100 1011110 10011001110 11101011 11010101 111111 0110111 10011010 001001 11101 1010101 11110 01111100 110111001 1100100 01101 010110 1100111110 110 00010110 11010 011101 1111 0101 10010 11011000101 1000110 111101 10100101 1011101 11101 101010 11111110 01101 1110 110110 011011 1011101 101010001011 001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Broadcaster's Poem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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