This is an analysis of the poem My Groupie that begins with:

I read last Saturday in the
redwoods outside of Santa Cruz...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefXgXXXXXfXffXhaXcbXghabbdecbiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110000 11110101 11101110 1110111 101010 11110011 111011010 1111101 111010 100010 10 11010101 01010 1111011 1011001 11 100101 10101110 11101011 1011000 010100 1111111 1001010 10110 11011101 1 1001000 1 111101 11010110 111111 1001101 0111 1111001 10001001 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 962
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; i 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 My Groupie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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