This is an analysis of the poem Aftersong that begins with:
O noon of life! A time to celebrate!
Oh garden of summer! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCAD Xeefg aehia jibhj kkjbl lXeie mbiXX nemho kcelb nemoo ahaXe kijef djCAD cXbfgXohhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 110010 101000101010 111110111 1111110101 10111101010 01101010 0101011111 01010110000101 01110010111 1111010110101 111101 1110101000101 11111111 111011101 111110110101 1011101 11010111101010 111101011111 111111111101 1101010010011 111011 0100110101110 1101001010110 1011101100 111011110 1101 11110010101 01111111 01011110010 111111101 101110 1011111111 10101010111 11100101010 10101010111 1101 01010111101 10110100100 111001011110 110011110101 1111 11110111 10111110100 11011111010 111101011 1101 111111 1010010101 1011110001 11111111111 1101 1111111110111 11111111011 11001110101 110101100101 111 1101010111 111111101 100111010101 1101010101 11010 101000101010 111110111 1111110101 0101011010 1011 0010000110110 011111111010 0111111001 11101100100010 0101 1100010101 1011010101 010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, my, so, i, one, and, here are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, i, here, that, o, a are repeated.
The author used the same word o 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 myself is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase here connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Aftersong;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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