This is an analysis of the poem Simeon that begins with:
Yes, I know his new poems;
all Beirut is raving about them....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXXXdeaXXdfXcaegbcefbdbgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110 101010010 11001101 11010101001 100111011100 010101100111011 1101101100 111111000 1010101011 1111101010 11001010 1011000101 010111001011 1101110001 110110110 1100101011 11111010100 1011011111010 1010100110010 011001110101 1101011 0110110100 10011010 1111101101 00111101 1101101011100 1100101011 11110101 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1153
- Average number of words per stanza: 201
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Simeon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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