Occasional Poems by Delmore Schwartz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Occasional Poems that begins with:

I Christmas Poem for Nancy
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababaXcaXaa c dedde f fXbXXddXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,5,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 0101 11111 011011 0101101 11101 111010 110111101 1101 10101010 0011001011 00101 101101 110110011 111111 110100111 11010101 11111111 11101 11101001 110111100 11111 110011001010 110101111 101000100100010 11010101110 010101101 0101011011010 11001110010010 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; and, all, more, on, his are repeated.

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

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

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