This is an analysis of the poem Suitcase that begins with:
Its silver clasp looks like a man grasping
his hands above his head in victory;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX abc dXc cXe XXb dXX aec ffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101110110 0101010100 01011101001 111111110110 001001010001 10110000101 1101100101010 0111010111 101001110000111 1110100110 1011111000101 11111101 111100101100 1111101101 01110101011 1111010100 010110100 0100101001010 11110110 0111010111 01100100011111 100111010000 10100111011111 101110011110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Suitcase;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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