This is an analysis of the poem Catching Up that begins with:
We sit on a rock
to allow our souls...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab cX baaX dea bXb XcaX dXXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,4,3,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 00111 01101 110100 011 01111001 010111 0111 100010 1111 111001 1111 1111 11111 100101 011111 1110 0101 01010 111 0111 11101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Catching Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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