This is an analysis of the poem Handfuls that begins with:
BLOSSOMS of babies
Blinking their stories...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXab cbaXbXbac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10010 10110 11 1011010 10110 1111001 1001 1001 1100 1111 111 1001 01011 110 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Handfuls;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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