This is an analysis of the poem Delivered By Letter that begins with:
Would you understand this any better,
If you saw it poured from a labelled can....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbabc Adcddc AXcdAaXXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101010 0110100101 01010001 010101100 101101 1011101 1110101010 01010101 0110111010010 1101011000 010101 110101010 1110101010 01111 011001010 0101000011100 1110101010 011010010010110 111101100111 11110101010 00101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- 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; you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word would 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 Delivered By Letter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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