This is an analysis of the poem Baccalaureate that begins with:
A year or two, and grey Euripides,
And Horace and a Lydia or so, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbXab bcdbbdcX ecefcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111111000 1101010011 1101010101 101110011 0111010101 10101001100 1111110111 1101010100 1111010101 0111010001 0101010100 0111010101 0101011111 0101011100 0111111110 0100111000 1111110001 1111011101 1111000101 1001110011 1001110011 11010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, symbols are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Baccalaureate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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