This is an analysis of the poem Generation To Generation that begins with:
In a house which becomes a home,
one hands down and another takes up...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbddXXeccaffdXeddddde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101 111101011 01000111 10111011 110100101 10010101010 111110101010 0110111111 11111001 110111101 11111110 1111110001 01010100100 1100 010010110110 10110110110 1011010 1111000110 1111101 11011000101 11101001 1111111010 010010001011 0101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
- Average number of words per stanza: 169
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, when, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, lest are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Generation To Generation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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