This is an analysis of the poem Betrayed that begins with:
Picking over bones
Of things that have been gone, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXd abdXXdeeFF ccXXXXeeFFXecF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 011101 11110101 1010001 1011101 0101100111 010101 011111 111101010 010111 010111 010100010 110100 10100 001 101 1000101 01111101 11011101110 1011100 01010001 1110101011 0110100 1100100 001 101 0100100 001 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
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; be is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word betrayed 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 Betrayed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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