This is an analysis of the poem September 1961 that begins with:

This is the year the old ones,
the old great ones...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cda dXb XeX afe XXd aea dce aXX edX dda afX a bXX fXaXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001011 0111 1101101 011001 11010110 01010011 11001010110 11010011001 1011 11110 1101 00010100 1001011 1110111010101 0101110 100010 11100010 010 10100101 110010 10011011 1111 011001 110 0100011 11 1111101 1101111 101110 111 011010 100101 110110101 10 0111001010 10111 1010011 1111 1001110 10110110 100001011 11011 1010101 1101110 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of September 1961;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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