This is an analysis of the poem Blood Ties Between Them that begins with:

If blood ties between them,
Have left some to feel......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdedeeABCdXfccgfeceXcdeXX X Xg Xddad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 11101 101001010 01010 01010010 10100010 111000101 101101001 011010 11101 101001010 10010010 0001010 10001 10100010 10100110 01000101 01110101 1000101101 1000100111 01101 0010100001101 1011101 010100110 10100010101 110010010101 010 1001000101 11001011 011001111 1000 0110110111 01010100001 11010010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Blood Ties Between Them;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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