This is an analysis of the poem Looking In A Mirror that begins with:
Reflecting upon their lives they sit.
Reminiscing the old days....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC XBDB bEFGF XBDB baXgaXX bEFGF ABAC XBDB aXXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,7,5,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011111 1010011 101011101 1110111100 11100010 0101 01010 111011 11111010111 1011111101 10010001 0111111101 11 11100010 0101 01010 111011 11010110110 00100101101 100101010 10111101 010101010 101010 110101 11111010111 1011111101 10010001 0111111101 11 010011111 1010011 101011101 1110111100 11100010 0101 01010 111011 101011 110 10101011 01110 01
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Looking In A Mirror;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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