Stage Direction by Conrad Potter Aiken: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stage Direction that begins with:

It is a shabby backdrop of bright stars:
one of the small interstices of time:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXdeX fbf Xgf XcffXecaagdfda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001011011 1001100001 01111101010 0101010110 01010111000 1111101101 1101010101 11011100010 0001010011 01010011 01011101 1001110101 01010010101 1111111101 1011001111 0101110001 100111111 0111 1111010 1101110001 1101010111 1111010101 1001000101 1101000101 11011101110 0101010111 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, beats are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words it, here 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 Stage Direction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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