This is an analysis of the poem This Element that begins with:
Looking for a place
where we might turn off...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccabdaXXaefggX hdXehhX ifhhhiahdXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 11111 010101 0101 01001 011101 1011101 01 1101 10001 010011 011 0101010001 01010 11010 011 10110010 1100 011011 1101 101011 110 11010 01010101 001 1011 11101 0001 010001 10111 10 1110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, this are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rocking is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of This Element;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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