This is an analysis of the poem The Twelve that begins with:
III
Our sons have gone ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBBb aXca XXcde eff Gf Gd bb HH id jj ce f Xdddd ckXk lclc mhmh nfnf cjcj ibXj OOdndnbcbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111 0101 0101 0111 110001 110 01101 11001 01010 11010 01110110 01 00111 1110100 1010 1010 00110 111 00110 111 111 11101 1011 1011 11011010 1111 11111 1111 1101110 101 110 1 1110101 11111111 110001101 11010111 01011101 10011111 1010010101 10100001 11011001 01111101 11011111 11110111 010010101 10110101 1011111 11011110 1110011 111011101 1110101 11000111 11101111 100100101 11111101 011011101 111110010 1000101 01010101 11010101 111 111 1110101 01010101 11011111 1000111 11010101 010001101 10010111 010010101 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; crack is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, play, crack are repeated.
The author used the same words this, crack at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines reds, boredom, seeds, knife, love, crack are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase crack connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Twelve;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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