This is an analysis of the poem Two Stanzas that begins with:
There was once a town, the inhabitants of which were so passionately fond
of poetry, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacd cace Xf ae gd f cfcX cX hi ceX icd ji a afeafjdcdfcXX fbjX hX d ccgX X XbX ibiXXX k XX aca gcX bdfaXafkc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,2,2,1,4,2,2,3,3,2,1,13,4,2,1,4,1,3,6,1,2,3,3,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100100010110001 0100 1011110100100100 110 10101001011010010 11111011111 010101111 01000100101011 110001101110100 11101101011010010001 10010100 01011010010010101011 1111001010 0101110110101001 10101011101010 110001100001111101 11110001 1100010101 1101010111 11010011111010 1001101001010010011 010010110 10011011010101001100 101001111101001 1101010111010 1001001000010 0100100101010110101111110 100111010010101111 11110101010100101001 11101010 1001010001001101100 01101010010001011010101 110101 10101001110101101 10010100010110101 101001101010100111 10 1010100001010 11100101100111 11011110101 10110010101110101 101010010 101010010001010011001 101001010011 101011010001 0010010 1001101000100101 1001111010010010011011110 101110011110001001 01001 101111101001010100 10111111101010101 1000101010110110 10001111 0101110100 1111111000 011101111101 111101 101100111101011000 111101001101010010 1001100101001100 1011100111100100111 01000110110111110 1011100010110 111101 111111011110 1011110 100110101001010 10101010011110101010 1011010 10001001011011011111 0101011000101011001010 101 10110111111011011 101011110110100010 111110101010000100 1101000100101100100 0101101010011111110 01001100110100010100 001100101001000110 0100110101010010010 0101010110001010000101 0100110010 101100111101111010 0110100101010001001101011010001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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, to, every, and, with, than, them, ', right, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, 'friends, he, 'lovers are repeated.
The author used the same words 'friends, 'lovers at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 Two Stanzas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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