This is an analysis of the poem Improvisations: Light And Snow: 12 that begins with:
How many times have we been interrupted
Just as I was about to make up a story for you!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcdXedXeaXcXXdfeafXbeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101010 11110101101011 110101110010101 10011001010011 1001001010101 0101010010 111010111011101 1100000110010 1110010101011 1011011010 1110101 100100101011001 1110101011101 10100100111011 01111 101110101 100011 1110101111100 10101101110 0101 010100101110 01011010011 01100101 11111101001 11110111 10101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1107
- Average number of words per stanza: 211
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
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- summary of Improvisations: Light And Snow: 12;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Conrad Potter Aiken
- Analysis of North Infinity Street
- Analysis of Improvisations: Light And Snow: 02
- Analysis of The House Of Dust: Part 03: 04: Illicit
