This is an analysis of the poem -70- that begins with:
Remember buying a loaf of bread
For less than a dollar? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaacdbeeaXafag Xhhhijck Xaakkf Xklmgafjk glccjiXhhhhXjjXamXffdf XXX c hjkX j eX hjdX XXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,6,9,22,3,1,4,1,2,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100101 111010 011110 11010 01001101 1111 001001 010100110 1011 101001 11101010 1 11 111111 01011 011100 11001 10010111 01 10101 101 00100101 01010 11100100 10011010 111110 001010101 0110100 11101 1011110 1101 101001 01010101 1001 101101000 10101100 11111 101111 01 010100 0101 010011 101 100110101 1101101 0100101 11010011 010111 10110101 11111 101 110 1 10101 111101 11101 00110 1011010 0010100 101011 00010010 10 1110 111101 1111011 11011 011111 11 0111111 101111 1000101 111 1 1011 1101101 101001 1 1
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, are repeated.
The author used the same word at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of -70-;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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