This is an analysis of the poem Overtures that begins with:
My dear and I, we disagreed
When we had been much time together....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb acXc aded fgag XeXe eaca aXfX fafX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 111011010 11010101 010110010 11010101 01010001 11000101 11000101 11010101 01010101 01111101 01111101 11011101 11110011 11010101 111111010 01010111 11110101 11010110 10010101 10010100 01001111 01110101 01011111 10110111 110101010 11111111 101101110 11110111 11000101 11010101 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same words and, 'perhaps at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Overtures;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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