This is an analysis of the poem The Telephone that begins with:
Your voice, beloved, on the living wire,
Borne to me by the spirit powerful ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010101010 1011010100 1101011101 1101011101 11110101010 0101010100 11010101010 11110011010 1101110101 1101010011 11001010101 0101010101 1101001101 11001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 587
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Telephone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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