This is an analysis of the poem In Thin Air that begins with:
In thin air!
To disappear quick as if never been there....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA AA abXcd EDFACFA AA AA EGbcgcACFA EDFACFA EEGdACFAXAAEAAEAAEAAEAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,7,2,2,10,7,23,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 01011101001 011 01011101001 111101 010100101 110101 1 0100010 11110 0101111 011 1011 010111101 10 01011001 011 01011101001 011 01011101001 11110 00100111 0010001 110 111 1 011 010111101 10 01011001 11110 0101111 011 1011 010111101 10 01011001 11110 11110 00100111 1 011 010111101 10 01011001 011 01011101001 010 011 01011101001 010 011 01011101001 010 011 01011101001 010 011 01011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word insights is repeated.
The author used the same words in, insights at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word there 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 In Thin Air;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of No One Is Here Just To Live A Bit Of Life
- Analysis of Burn It Down
- Analysis of Of Trinkets And Meaningless 'Things'
