Extraits by Donald Justice: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Extraits that begins with:

The Man Closing Up,' from Night Light' (1967),
would make his bed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbdebXfg X egc f fcfh c bgg X XcXgbcegb a hfXd Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,3,1,4,1,3,1,9,1,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010111 1101 011110 11101011 11010001 10110 011010 101 111101 01110 0010 1010011001001111101 101101010 010110101 010101010 10100101 0101110001 1111010101 1111011101 11010101010100 0010001111011 011110101100101 1011111101 1111011101 1001111 110010 1011 010100 111 111 1111 110 110101 0101 011010101010101001 101001100 1001101 11111101 1111110 11110111010 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of 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 Extraits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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