This is an analysis of the poem It Took Awhile that begins with:
I'm not trying to be Maya,
Or better her best being Miss Angelou....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaX abcdb eedfXXX Xdghg fiXaX baib bijfjcaja bbdXXgabj bdghXga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,5,5,4,9,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100010 11001101101 1011010 011010101 110111010 01110010001 1101 1110101 101011 001010100 1101101 11110000110 1101110101 11010 10101 111101111 11111 1111 01011101 11101100 11001000110001 1010101 11011111 1111101 110111 11011001010 10101010 11010 111101 110101010 111 01011 011010110 111011 111011 01110 0111101 11010101 00111101 01101 0100101 1 0101110110 10101110 11011111 1010010111 01 0011010 1101110 1010101 01010110 0111100100 1010011 1110011 010100 1000010 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 57
- 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 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; or is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Took Awhile;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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