This is an analysis of the poem Back To School that begins with:
It ain' the ringing of the bell
which calls me back to skule once more;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc dedefefe egegXcXc cdXdehehXcacaaeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 11110111 01111101 11111101 01110111 11001111 011100111 01011101 11111111 01011101 01011101 11010111 11010101 01011101 01101101 01110101 1101010 11110111 011100001 111110111 111100101 01110101 111111110 11110101 11011101 10010101 111000101 01011111 11110111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 01011111 10010111 01100101 11110101 01011101 11111101 00111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, you, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Back To School;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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