This is an analysis of the poem The Sunday News that begins with:

Looking for something in the Sunday paper,
I flipped by accident through Local Weddings,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc deae fgbg Xdfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110001110 11110011010 1101010111 1101010 1110101101 1111111101 11111111001 1101 1111111101 11010110101 0111011100 110011 1011110101 111001101 1001010111 0101 1111010101 0101110111 0111110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, you, this, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Sunday News;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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