This is an analysis of the poem A Kind Of Loss that begins with:
Used together: seasons, books, a piece of music.
The keys, teacups, bread basket, sheet and a bed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbaXc bX cXXX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010101010 01101101101 0110101011111 0111001111110111 110010100001110110 0101010101101 1010010110001000 101101100010 00101101100101010 100010111101 01110110010010 0110011001010110 10101001011110101 0101011001111 01111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; used, of, with, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, from are repeated.
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- summary of A Kind Of Loss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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