This is an analysis of the poem Ix. Part 6 that begins with:
We bought a small house
along the river, in Southside barrio....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXXb addcddcdXdXXca dbdbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 01010011100 011110011010 11001001 100101101010101 1111000100010 101011001 10000101 11001011 11011 101111100 1111 11101001 1110 11101 1101010 01 10101011110 1111 001101000 010101 110110 111110 110011 1010 1101 010110 111001100110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ix. Part 6;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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