This is an analysis of the poem The Lanyard that begins with:
The other day as I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXacddXXcecbcefcbfcdccXcXdcXXXeXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101111101010 1011001 1001100010 0110110110101 111100110001010 1111010110 11010101100 11111000001 011111011 10110110101 10101110100010 011110 111011001010 1110111000 1101110101101 0110101111010111101110 111111001 1110010 111010011 10110100011 111001110 1111000101 1110111110101000010 11100111 110101001000 110110101 1110010100100 100101010101 1111111110101110 1101110101111 1101101001 10101100101 1111001110 1010010111101110011 111110110 1010101111010 100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1700
- Average number of words per stanza: 338
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ', i, to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lanyard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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