This is an analysis of the poem Broken Into Bits that begins with:

It's too bad it died.
Love we tried to keep, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacc dbddabc XED CCdD XXXecdc XEDXCCdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,3,4,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 11101 010 11101 0100100 1101010100 010001 1111101 1001011 01101 0101111 000101 1110001 010110100 0111 010101 1101110010 011100111 101 101001 11001101 111100110101 11010111110 01110110 01010110 11010011 1100101 010110100 0111 010101 1101110010 011100111 101 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same words it's, that 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 Broken Into Bits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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