This is an analysis of the poem Five Poems that begins with:

Well now, hold on
maybe I won't go to sleep at all...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdXe XbXXedfX XeddXggXa X ahXhfdcfab Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,1,10,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101110111 1100010011 11101 01001101 101101001 110010110 10110011101 1101001 11111 111011111 100010 101001001 10011001011 1110101010 11101101 10111010 11011 1010110 110110 1010010100 1101101 11011111 1010001 01010011 1110101100101 11001100 000101101 1111110110100 1101001 10101111110 11111000 11111101 111101111010 11110100110 1100101 110001011110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Five Poems;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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