This is an analysis of the poem Grown Up that begins with:

Last year he wanted building blocks,
And picture books and toys,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedeeaea fgfghahAXgbgbhahA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110111 01011101 111101 11111111 011101 11111101 011101 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11111101 011101 10010001 010101 01011101 111101 111111001 110111 11010101 101101 11010111 010101 11110101 111111 11011101 110101 11011101 011111 11011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word last at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word boots at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Grown Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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