This is an analysis of the poem The Things that begins with:
When I walk in my house I see pictures,
bought long ago, framed and hanging...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaaXbXbXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111110 11011110 0101100101 111011110 11110100010 001000111001 1011001110011 010111010 011110010100 10011100101 11011010101 0111010010 1100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 549
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Things;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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