This is an analysis of the poem Been There that begins with:
Been there.
With lips poked out....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXb AccaaabX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 01 0111 1011 01010101 01 100111100 01001001100 101101 10101101 101 11111010101 1111 1110010010 1111010001100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The author used the same word been at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Been There;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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