This is an analysis of the poem And When I Turned Towards The Light that begins with:

And...
When I turned towards the 'Light', ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc Xd bdda aXdd cXa XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,4,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110101 01010 10111001 101110110010 10100111 100100100 1010011 0110101 1101010 1 1110101 1010100 101110100101001 1 10011101 1010001010 0111001111100 111 10111101100100 0110 10100110101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of And When I Turned Towards The Light;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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