This is an analysis of the poem It Is Always After that begins with:
It is seldom a coincidence,
To hear from another say......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXcXX Xdbcb aeeXdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001000100 0100101 1101101 100111 1010101 01011001011 01010111 00111011001 011011101 10110101101 110011 010101 101001 010001 01100101 11001110 110011110 0111010 1011001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; it is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It Is Always After;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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