This is an analysis of the poem Another Awkward Stage Of Convalescence that begins with:

Drunk, I kissed the moon
where it stretched on the floor....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeX fgXhhi jejkeX icjkah bhfaaj fdjXjg eehiXe delceX Xdalck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 101101 10110000110 1111 110101001 101101011 0111001010 1111001010 0101010 01011010101 1010010110 01010010 100011 100101110 010011011 101011101010 010101010 110101001 001011010 01100101000 1101111 01111010 1111110 10101101 0100100001 10001010011 101100001010 011101010 0010111101 0010001011 111001110 111001010111 011001011 1101101 1101010 101010110 100011001110 0111011101 01011111 110101010 01111001 11110101 1011111 11010111 11011011001 0111011011 0111011 11101000100 1110100110 01011101 0100111101 11011010101 11110010100 10001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; as, and, of, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word of 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 Another Awkward Stage Of Convalescence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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