This is an analysis of the poem For You Just To Come Back Home that begins with:

A dripping from a wall seems so like sweat.
So like the tears the occupants had wept....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA bbXcdcd XeX faff ghX BBge AAhXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,3,4,3,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011111 1101010011 01100101 10101 11011 1010101001 01001 11111 0011101 10111001 1010 10101 1010111101001 100111 11 11 10111 111111 111111 11101 11101 111110111 0111111101 0100011111 1101010011 111011111 10110100 10010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i've are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words look, i've are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated).

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  • summary of For You Just To Come Back Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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