This is an analysis of the poem Only Three Days Away that begins with:
Is it the quietness of midnight,
That people find it appropriate......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXXbcXd AXccXdXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 000100011 110100100 0101101101 001000110 01110101101 011011010 10111111 10111 000100011 11010010001 1110110101 0110101011 1010110 00100111 1011010100101010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word is 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 Only Three Days Away;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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