This is an analysis of the poem Total Eclipse that begins with:
Not wanting to write
for fear that anything-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdbX aecb cXcd eXX ddaad dXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,3,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 111101 010101 0101010010 0011011 0111 10100101 110101 110111 111011 011011010 010011110 11111 0111110 01111010 11011 111110011 11010110 110101001 11111010 1110110 111 11101001 11001001 01101011 101 101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; your, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it, until, when are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Total Eclipse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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