This is an analysis of the poem Sanctuary that begins with:
People pray to each other. The way I say 'you' to someone else,
respectfully, intimately, desperately. The way someone says...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX b c XcXda X XE X dXXX b df f E b dfXXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,5,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,1,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110011110111 01001000100001111 1011001000010 1100 1111111110101 1001111 11101011110 0100101001001 1010010101000 110101 0100101010010 111010 10101010110111 110111 11100100 1111011011100100 0101101101100111 11100100100100 1000101110 1001111 1001000101101100 010101011011 1111 110111 11110011 11001110101111 011101011010110 1 1110111011010010 10010111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, what, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what 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 dread is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word dread at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Sanctuary;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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