This is an analysis of the poem Dead You Speak? that begins with:
I saw the prettiest picture
Through a garden fence to-day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdb Xbebfb XgXghg XcXcfc hihici fjajhX XdXdXd cbebjh cXgXdX fbXbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010 1010101 10101110 11101 10101010 10111 10101010 110101 11001010 010101 1101110 010111 01101010 1010101 101001110 011011 101010100 010101 1101110 110111 00101010 010101 0101010 010101 1010100 11101 1101010 11111 1101011 10001 1101010 010011 0101010 110101 01010100 1101101 0111110 011101 0111110 011101 1010111 10101 1101011 10101 1111010 10111 01100101 11100 001100101 110011 01111111 11110 0111011 11110 1111010 111101 0100110 011101 0111110 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 words the, pharaoh are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dead You Speak?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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