This is an analysis of the poem Calm Down that begins with:
It had been countless field days taken,
By demons disguising themselves to undermine......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB ccb debXXe AABXdX X aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,6,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101110 110010010101 100100101001 010010101 100100101001 00101101101 101 1111100001 1011010 101101010 001000010 01101001 010101110 110010010101 100100101001 1011101001 110000101010 00100101001101 1111 11 00100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used the same word it 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 Calm Down;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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