This is an analysis of the poem Movement Song that begins with:

I have studied the tight curls on the back of your neck
moving away from me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdaXcee XeXfXeXXgedcfchebbdXdabhecfge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011101011 100101 0110110 1100101010 11001110 10111011 0010011010 01101101010 0100010 0101 110101101101 1010010 1101 1011 1111100 110101001101010 10110001101 11 10110110 10010100011 1001110 1110010010 001101 010110 01111011 10010110 010110 00010 001001 101110010 010010 110101 1010 11010010 110101000101 10 11101011 1011011 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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:

    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 Movement Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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