This is an analysis of the poem Some Other Somebody that begins with:

Somebody's horse has finished his feed,
Somebody's saddle is on;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad bdbd cdbd eeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110111001 1101001 1100100111 1111101 10011101 1110111 100100101 1110101 10101101 10111 110100101 0100111 10111001 1101001 100110101 1011111 11011111 11101 111011101 101101 1010011101 10110111 100101101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; somebody's is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Some Other Somebody;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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