This is an analysis of the poem Pinup that begins with:

The murkiness of the local garage is not so dense
that you cannot make out the calendar of pinup...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXacaaccbbdefXghhedbfXgXbXhibciheXbjhXjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000010010111 1110110100010 10101010101 111100010 001010011011 111110110101 010110011010 011110111 01100110101 1000100100110 10100110110 1010010101010 100101011 10100000011001 010101110101001 1101010011101 101001001011 10110111011 011010010101 01001100111010 1010001011001 000100110101 01110101010 100110001010 11001010100 10010011101001 111010010 1010101011 0100110010 10101001011 001001011001 110101101111 100010101010 011111111 1101111 1010111101 11010111011 1011110100101 1010101000100 1010010101 0101011 0110101001010 1001010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1923
  • Average number of words per stanza: 365
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, to, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Pinup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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