This is an analysis of the poem My Own Voice that begins with:
I had heard them in the distance,
Defining for themselves......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaXcXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100010 010101 01001 10111 11011010 01011 111111 101011 0101 001000110010 101011101 1001 0010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Own Voice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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