This is an analysis of the poem Now that begins with:
I sit here on the 2nd floor
hunched over in yellow...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXbXXbXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 110010 010 101000 010 111 11 11110 011 1 101 011 11110 1 1110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 13 (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 Now;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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