This is an analysis of the poem Closings that begins with:
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"Always Be Closing," Liam told us—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcdadeaf X bdgXbhaia X ijbchXbdX X kfabddaha X jhjlmjcbc X gknjchXbb X kjXdnbbjb X kijXeXXib X mdeXiXhlm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10001001011 1010111 110010010 111011010 110111010 101101110 011110111 110010111 110111101 1 101101111 110100101 111001111 110101011 110011010 110101111 011000110 100101010 110110101 1 100110110 001111011 110010010 010110110 001010111 000100110 1100111000 100100111 11100101010 1 101110111 111010011 111010010 100100100 111111010 101101010 111010100 111010010 100110011 1 110101111 100100110 101101101 010101010 100000101 110110111 100111010 010111111 110101010 1 010110010 110111101 111011110 011100111 111000100 001001001 101101111 111001001 101110110 1 011011101 101010101 10100011000 011110101 101110010 010100101 101011010 110111001 110101100 1 011111011 110110100 111101011 1101111100 100101101 01010101000 1001010110 101001011 110101101 1 100100101 111001101 010100101 100110010 111101101 011101010 111011100 101101110 011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, or, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines suicide is repeated).
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- summary of Closings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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