This is an analysis of the poem Poetry Reading that begins with:

poetry readings have to be some of the saddest
damned things ever,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccbdefbdcbbgdghfaeigdjfgc Xbdj dj kbhiikXgaXX llad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,4,2,11,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010010010 1110 010000101100 110111011 101 101010 101010100 11011000 010 1010101010 10101 11100011 110 111011100 11 0110 111111 00100100100 1010 1001000101001 11010 1110100 11111 01110110110 111101010 101101001110 0 011 110110 1101111010110 1101111010 1101 0111010 1111101 01010101010 001100110 0110011010 1 0110111 010101010 01100001011 0110011 1100100101 0111111 011100101 101 101 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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; their, i, ashamed are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, i, a, anything are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines year, anything are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase anything connects the lines.

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  • summary of Poetry Reading;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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