This is an analysis of the poem The Plunge that begins with:
I would bathe myself in strangeness:
These comforts heaped upon me, smother me!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccadb bdcXXXacXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1101011101 11111101 11110 10 100100 0101110 101 11 110101010 11111111 110111 11010 11111101110 111100 111111 11 1101 1101011 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, new, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases new, this connect the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Plunge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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