This is an analysis of the poem My Plan that begins with:
When I wanted something I couldn't buy,
A suit of clothes or a Sunday tie,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAabcccb dddbbbbb aAabeeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110101101 010110111 1011110111 11011010 1101100111 111101111 1010101101 11101010 110111101 1101100101 1101111101 11101010 1111101101 110010111 1110111111 11001010 11101111101 010110111 1011110101 11101010 1111110101 0110110101 1110110111 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it 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 My Plan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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