This is an analysis of the poem In Celebration Of A Holiday that begins with:
Yes I am a veteran,
Of a life given that is well experienced....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEE cefegXca ABCDEEaag eaXafb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,9,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100 001101010100 1101001 110110110 110111010100 01010010110 11101 011011110111 100101011001010 11011110111 101110011110 101110101000101 1000101101 0010001 1110100 001101010100 1101001 110110110 110111010100 01010010110 1010110101111 11 1101011010 11111010101011 1010010100101001010 110 01001010100011000010 10100111100100 010100001000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; lives, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of In Celebration Of A Holiday;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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