This is an analysis of the poem After Us that begins with:
I don't know if we're in the beginning
or in the final stage....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX bcaXd eeeXa fac eefed XXXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,3,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100010 100101 01100 1010101 111101001 011100010 1111111 1110001 010011101 11010101 11100101 110010010 0101001101 0101010 1011011 110111 010010011 01111110 001101001 1101001000 1111 101011 000110001010 1000111101 01011001110 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, we are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of After Us;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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