This is an analysis of the poem So Now? that begins with:
the words have come and gone,
I sit ill....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbXXXaXcacbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 111 011011 1010 111001 1001 1111101100 00101 10111101 11010001 0011011 1100011 1010 110001 11111 111110100 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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 oh is repeated.
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- summary of So Now?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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