This is an analysis of the poem Feeling The Draft that begins with:
We were young and it was an accomplishment
to have a body. No one said this. No one...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbacXdeeebfgfececdbXeegXhcifhXebXig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110110100 01010111011 110111111 1011100111 01111111110 11010111 100011111010 10011010011 111111011 1001010111 0111001001 11111010110 1010110100 100101110001 101011011001 11111110 1101010110 0111010010100 011011110 11010101 111001001011010 101010010001 110101000101 11101010100 0010001110 1110100111101 10111010011110 10111111001 010111001 010101111 111010101 010101111 011111101 01001010111 01101101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1482
- Average number of words per stanza: 285
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, and, saying, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines holes is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Feeling The Draft;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Bob Hicok
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