This is an analysis of the poem Becoming Undone that begins with:
Becoming undone.
And bending....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACdABAEC fgXhXfhh CABACdABAECXCACAgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 110 010101 0100111 1 01001 110 010101 01001 100101101 1000 1101 1101 01 0110110 11100 101 101 100 01001 110 010101 0100111 1 01001 110 010101 01001 100101101 100 01001 100 01001 00111 00101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word overcomes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Becoming Undone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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