This is an analysis of the poem Damaged Goods that begins with:
After knowing how long it took me,
To heal successfully from my own illnesses......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXef XafX egdcgX XXbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011011 010100011100 1110001101010 0011000111011010 101101100100 0110 110101111110100 1 011 11010010100 110101001 1100101010010101010 11100010010111100 111010010000110 10011110001111 111110010010101111 10000 01110100001001110 111101000101 10111111101101101 00101111 0011000110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, of, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Damaged Goods;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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