This is an analysis of the poem The Other Side Of The Page that begins with:

I pass to the other side of the page.
-Pablo Neruda...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX AbbcX bbb X defXcX egXcc bX Agdc XX cbh dcag hcX fXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,3,1,6,5,2,4,2,3,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101001 10010 10101001 10111 101101 100101 1011101 1 1 1 110101111 111011100 0101011 011011 0110110 00110 001 1110111 011010 10111 01100110 110110 011001 1010001 10101001 11100110 001 011 1110101 1101011 1101111 1011001 1101 011 00010011 01001001 1101010 111011011 111000100110 1111111 1 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hunger, for, i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, go, i, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase go connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Other Side Of The Page;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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