This is an analysis of the poem Goodbye To Uncommitted Shifting Rifts that begins with:

No tears delivered,
From eyes known to cry....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABDCE FCX bFAF bFAFc ABDCE FCX FAgH ABAC FAgH bFbFcFICXFFIC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,4,5,5,3,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 01101 0110111 0101 11010 01101 01101111 0101 0100111010 1101010101 0111010 1100010 11 1010101 110100010 010100 11 1010101 110100010 010100 11010111 11010 01101 01101111 0101 0100111010 1101010101 0111010 1100010 1101010101 1101010 01 100111 11010 01101 0110111 0101 1101010101 1101010 01 100111 11 1010101 11 1010101 110100 100100 110101 11 1101010101 100100 110101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; to, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words no, goodbye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word needs at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Goodbye To Uncommitted Shifting Rifts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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