This is an analysis of the poem Overheated that begins with:
Step back.
Look at it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABCD ABCD XedXf gggdXfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 110 11 11 11 110 11 11 11 110 11 11 1000011 10111 01011 0010101 0100110 1010 1010010 1011100 0011111 001001 10101 011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
The author used the same words step, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word go 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 Overheated;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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