This is an analysis of the poem April 24 that begins with:

Did you know that Evian spelled backwards is naive?
I myself was unaware of this fact until last Tuesday night...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccdebXXaXfXX effdXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111100110011 1111101001011111 1110011010110 1010010111010 01100101010 1101001001010 11001001011 010010011111010 01010010001010 0101111111000 0011010101001 11001011010100 10011011111001 10110100100 1101011110010 0110111100 1001011100101 0110011111111 10100101010 1111011101 110100101 111010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

  • summary of April 24;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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