This is an analysis of the poem Sez You that begins with:
When the heavy sand is yielding backward from your blistered feet,
And across the distant timber you can SEE the flowing heat; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccc cXddccc eebbccc ffeXXcccXddccaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010101001101 101010101110101 1110111010100101 1001100100010101 111101100011101 101011101111101 101111101111111 111000101010101 111110101010101 101010111010101 101111101011101 111101100010101 101010111111111 101111101111111 111010101110101 111011111111101 111010101011101 1010101010011101 101011110110101 111011100010111 101011101011011 111010100010101 101111101010001 101010110110100 11110 1111111111 111110101011111 101011111010111 101111101110111 101010101010001 001010111110111 10101110110111 101010101110111 0101011101110111 101111001110101 111010101011101 101011101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; and, of, grin, you've, for, your, be, in, they are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sez You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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