This is an analysis of the poem The Performance that begins with:
The last time I saw Donald Armstrong
He was staggering oddly off into the sun, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddb eceafd geXhig dcebhX jcbdfc kXcjal beklke dbXibd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011111011 111001010001 1011010110 1111011111 01111111011 101011101 11111111 101101 1010100110 010001110110 00101101 110111010 11011001 010111101011 01010100 011101001 11110011 11101001 101001101 01101001 1101001 10111001 011111 00001001 1111011010 1111110111 11001101 001111111 101011 11010110 1010110010 01101011 11101101 01001010 01110010 1011001 101011 00101011 0011101 11100111 1011011111 111101 01001 10111110010 010110010 1111001 01011001101 11001111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Performance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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