This is an analysis of the poem Lost In Image-Ii that begins with:

He elocuted speeches.
He himself did not write....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdecb aaXdXX fagX fdXfbecg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 101011 111010 1110 0110010 00101010 1111 0111 101011100 11100100 001000101 101010010 101110 1001 10101 1000010101 1111 11111 1101111101 111100111 1001010101 11 11 0010 110001101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; he is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 Lost In Image-Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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