This is an analysis of the poem Bad Lighting From Oil Lamps that begins with:
Applying today,
What worked yesterday......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdd aXXbXX eccceb acXXcaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 11101 110011 1110100 010010010 11011101111 11001 11100010 101010 011101101 1101010 01010 1111011 10100110101 111101011011 01110001 111 00110011011 1111 11010101 00110 101010100 100111 1101010 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; for, to, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bad Lighting From Oil Lamps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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