This is an analysis of the poem Keeping An Agenda Makes A Difference that begins with:

Hoping I'd awaken next to someone who had thrilled,
Is a heartache I had dumped....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDB EF EBBGH EF AB EF CB EF DB EBBGH EFA EFA EFFXEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,5,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101011111 0011111 1011101001111 00100111 1011101111101 0011111 1101 10101010100 1101 0100101 0100011111 0010001101 111100 1101 10101010100 1010101011111 0011111 1101 10101010100 1011101001111 00100111 1101 10101010100 1011101111101 0011111 1101 0100101 0100011111 0010001101 111100 1101 10101010100 01101 1101 10101010100 01101 1101 10101010100 10101010100 1101 10101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; to, had, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word keeping is repeated.

    The author used the same words yes, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines difference is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words wide, difference 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 Keeping An Agenda Makes A Difference;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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