This is an analysis of the poem Talking To Grief that begins with:
Ah, Grief, I should not treat you
like a homeless dog...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXca aadcX XXeeXeXdccXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 10101 110011 10110101 1111 1111 0001111 1110 011011 11101 111111010 1011 1111110010 0110111 11 1101111 01011010 0010 1111 11110 110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, your, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Talking To Grief;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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