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

I might as well begin by saying how much I like the title.
It gets me right away because I'm in a workshop now ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX defcghXc idXjib dcdkkbeXbd lfdbim XljfXfcddlgkXn nncXghinddjcahdmeeglg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,6,10,6,14,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011101111010 01110101000111 10100001011010 1010100101101 1110110010 011010010110 1110110 111111111 101110101 1111101001 0011 011111 1101101001 11010101001011 11011100 101000011001 101001011011 1101110101 1101010001010 0100011 1101001101100 111010110 1110110111010 1011001 0011101010 10101101110 0100101000101 11101000101111 10011 10110011101010 111101010001 111100001 10110010101 11101111 01011111 1100011 0010111001 11001101 101000100101000 111101001 111100010 01001010101 1110101 11011110100 0110111 11011111010110 100010111010 1100111011 011101001111 0101101111 11001 11111101100 001010111 01000110001001 11111110000101 1111001110 11010111 00110101100011 01110011011 01011010 1110011101101 1101010111 10100010101 1111010110 0101001010 1111010011101 101111 101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; like, or, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, maybe are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hose, here are repeated).

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

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

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