This is an analysis of the poem The Sisters that begins with:
In the vine-shadows on the veranda;
under the yellow leaves, in the cooling sun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbca Xddca cXccXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011110010 10010100101 111011101 110101101111 101011110010 1010011111110 1110010101010 11011001010010 1011110111101 100101110010 1001101101110 1000101101011 1 11110111111 1111111011010 11011011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thinking is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word veranda at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sisters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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