This is an analysis of the poem Knuckleheads that begins with:
Remember hearing that promise,
To forgive and forget......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCADB ecfXc agXe bHABCADBXABCAGg dhX abgfiih XXX bj XX gbc HABCADBXABCAGgg X Xj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,15,3,7,3,2,2,3,15,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010110 001101 1011001 001101 010110100 100010100011 1111010 0111101001 11111111011 0010111101010 0101111001 0101 1110101 11011101001 00100111010 1 01100010 01010110 001101 1011001 001101 010110100 100010100011 110 101 1010010 01101101 110100010 0010001 1011100101 110 1110110 11010101 11 01 1011011001 111001 1010101 11100 01111011110 1 11 1111 110010 1101111 10 11111010 11 11 111110111011 01100010 01010110 001101 1011001 001101 010110100 100010100011 110 101 1010010 01101101 110100010 0010001 1 011100101 1111100010010100 1 1111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Knuckleheads;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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