This is an analysis of the poem A New Submission that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cX XXddX XX X XaXacXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,2,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 11111001010 110 11011001 1 1101010 11011000 111110 11001 1 111 11011 1 1101 1011010 01010 0100001 0101010 101000110 0011001010 111100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

  • summary of A New Submission;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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