This is an analysis of the poem His Stenographer that begins with:
As he dictates to her
Does she love you?—well, I wonder— ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abccab deddde fbggfbXabaaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100 11111110 1010011 11111110 10101110 11101010 11101 10111110 1011101 00100010 10101010 10101110 10101 01111111 11101 01111110 10101110 10101111 10111 10101010 0001111 11101010 11101110 11101110 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; she is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of His Stenographer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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