This is an analysis of the poem Upstairs that begins with:
I too have a garret of old playthings.
I have tin soldiers with broken arms upstairs. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaaXaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110100111 11110010101 11010101101 1111010101101010 11010111011001 1110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, have, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines upstairs is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Upstairs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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