This is an analysis of the poem Celibate that begins with:
...and you, sir?
Your opinion of Sarah? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XX X abXbcccb defXXffX fc cX c bdXdX aeXdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,8,8,2,2,1,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1010010 1011 01110 01100001101 0 11 01010100 01101001000111 101 11111 11010001 1110010110100 011010101010 0110110110101 1101101111101 11011100101 1010111100101 11 101 101001001001 110111101 11111010011111 110 11 0011010111111 1110010010 010001100 1011 111100100 110 1110110100101 01111111 010110 01111000111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; new is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Celibate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
