This is an analysis of the poem After All These Years that begins with:
Turn around.
Don't show me your back, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCA cdcec cdaaa XfccaeXdda ABCA acccgcXdhhd XhgX Xh X Xahfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,10,4,11,4,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 11111 11111 110101 11010010 1100110 110101101 010010 11011 1111 110 110101 1111 110101111 0111 111 10110101 1011 110101 1110110 101001 11001 111110110 1011001 101 11111 11111 110101 1110111 110101 111101010 11000101010100 1011110 1101101 1010011 01 110001 110010001 001 10 11111010 110010 11110101 1 11101010 10111100111 1 1111001001 110110 1101011 01101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of After All These Years;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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