This is an analysis of the poem No Residency There Is Permanent that begins with:

You have a bird's eye view...
With a crowing done you do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabcb DEFCg gXdXX DDDD DHDHGI AIDHDd DD DEFCd adHD DD DHDHGI AGXDHDHAG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,6,6,2,5,4,2,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 0010111 010111 01010 101 1101010 01101 1101111 0100101 110111 11110 111110 11011011 001010 011011100 1100010100 011110001 110001 011100 1100010100 1101110 011110001 1101110 11101 101101 110111 101101 1100010100 1101110 011110001 111110101 110001 011100 1101010 01101 1101111 0100101 11 11 100010100 1101110 011110001 110001 011100 1100010100 1101110 011110001 1101110 11101 101101 011111 011111 1100010100 1101110 011110001 1101110 011111 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; you, not are repeated.

    The author used the same word no 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 permanent is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lose 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 No Residency There Is Permanent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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