This is an analysis of the poem Morning After that begins with:
I was so sick last night I
Didn’t hardly know my mind. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXb aCaCac XBXBXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 110111 11111 1111 1111101 11111 101111 11101 11111 11101 1111011 111110101 111010 11111 101 11111 11010111011 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase please connects the lines.
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- summary of Morning After;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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