This is an analysis of the poem Definitions that begins with:
Things began to define them.
Giving them reason and a purpose to live....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXXXXaXbcbXccXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 10010101001 100111 11110001 001001101 0100 1101001 01011 10110101 01111010010 110100110 10111010 0010101010010 1 1110111110 011101001 1101010 11110101 00111001101 010101011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; they, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Definitions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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