This is an analysis of the poem The Day Brushes It's Curtains Aside that begins with:

to a dark stage.
I lie there awake in my prison bunk,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc XcXd a bXX cedcX ddbe fdX Xbebfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,3,5,4,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011 1110101101 0011010 0101 1100111110 110011 111101001 010111100010 10111111 1111000101 11111 001011011 011011101 1110010 0010011011 111111 100111111001 010011 010101 1001111 1110010 01110101101 101100101 11011 101101011 111111001 11011010 10110001 11101 101101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, pap, back are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Day Brushes It's Curtains Aside;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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