This is an analysis of the poem The Clinging Vine that begins with:
“Be calm? And was I frantic?
You’ll have me laughing soon. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bebecfcf ghghXhhh ieiehjhj cbcbkdkd gggghgXg lelehdhd mkmknjnj ekekeded fofolele ibibcmcmXgfgfbebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111110 111101 1110010 110101 1111010 110101 1111010 110111 1111010 101111 0111110 010101 1101010 010101 1111110 010001 0101110 111101 0111110 010011 1101110 010111 1110110 111101 1110010 110111 1111110 111111 1111110 111111 1101010 111111 1111110 111101 1101110 111111 1111111 110101 11011011 010011 0111010 110101 1111001 010101 1101010 111101 1111100 110111 0100110 010101 11101010 010111 11111110 001101 1111110 111111 1101011 100111 0111111 110111 0111110 1011101 1111010 110111 1101110 01111 1101110 010001 1111110 111011 1111110 011111 1101010 111111 0111100 101101 0111010 011111 1111010 110101 1111010 111101 1101010 110101 1111010 111111 1101110 110101 1111010 110111 1101110 010101 0111010 111101 1111110 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, it, you, i, lies are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, if, and are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.
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- summary of The Clinging Vine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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