This is an analysis of the poem Better And Brighter that begins with:

Goodbye yesterday!
Today tomorrow has begun....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXX AbbX XcXc AdXc XXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 01011110 0101010101 1111010111 11101 11111 111111 011 01001000101 011110001 11101111101 00101111 11101 110111101 1011 101111 10110 11111 01100111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word goodbye 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 Better And Brighter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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