This is an analysis of the poem Watching For Pa that begins with:
Three little forms in the twilight gray,
Searching the shadows across the way;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbCCDC CCDC bbaaCCDC CCDC bbeeCCDC CCDC ffggCCHCXCCHC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100111 100110101 110111101 100110101 1011 1011 101010 1011 1011 1011 101010 1011 100101101 100101111 1001001001 101100101 1011 1011 101010 1011 1011 1011 101010 1011 100100101 100100101 100100101 100101101 1011 1011 101010 1011 1011 1011 101010 1011 111100101 100100101 101110101 10011000101 1011 1011 101011 1011 1011 1011 101011 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, watching, for, pa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word watching is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pa is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pa at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Watching For Pa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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