This is an analysis of the poem Party Piece that begins with:
He said:
'Let's stay here...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xabcdb cXXeXXXaeddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111 101110 1110010001010 1010011 10110 1010 111101 10111 1101101101 111011 11101 0110101010 110 10101001101 11011011101 11110101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is 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 Party Piece;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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