This is an analysis of the poem Scenario that begins with:

Had enough of the old lonesome-and-blue scenario?
Up for a shot at the old I-love-you scenario?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa ba Xa ca Xa Xa Xa Xa ba ca Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110110100 11011011110100 101011101 000111110100 10111101111 1111001110100 11010111101 110101111010100 1010111011000 11001101001010100 0101001011010 111110111010100 10010111011 0111000111010100 11110111001 111100011010100 11110111101 111001001110010100 1101100111010 11110101110100 011101000101 1110101110100 1110101110 1101111011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; old, scenario, you, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines scenario is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word scenario 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 Scenario;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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