This is an analysis of the poem Perceptions that begins with:
At what cost,
Did you manage to keep your balloon afloat? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABBAC AAdXXa bX AABBAC XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 01100110101 1101 0110111 10001 1010101 111 01100110101 110101011 1 100100101 111101111101 1011001011010 11101011110 111 01100110101 1101 0110111 10001 1010101 1111111 0111010 1010110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word at 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 Perceptions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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