This is an analysis of the poem Hollow Rituals that begins with:
When they were young,
Adorable and cute....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcb dXacXeXf dagXb egdefb beeeecabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 010011 10101 110110 110101 111110 0101011010 1011010 010011010 1111100100 101001110 01111 00111010100 010 111010 110100101 0010101 101001 111100100 11000101 1111111010 111010 11110100 100001 101110100 01010100 1011001 11101000 010101001 10001001 0111101010 101101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hollow Rituals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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