This is an analysis of the poem Phenomenons Studied that begins with:

Phenomenons studied by scholars,
Are......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbC AbC DbCeFF adafdd AbC AbC ebeXe AbC DbCeFFXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,6,3,3,5,3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010110 1 1010001001 100010110 1 1010001001 1001001 1 10001001 1 01110101 0111110100 11110010 001011101 1110111000 01100110 1010001 001001111 100010110 1 1010001001 100010110 1 1010001001 11110001 111111111 10110011 11001111 10010101 100010110 1 1010001001 1001001 1 10001001 1 01110101 0111110100 1111010 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; phenomenons, we, and, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word phenomenons at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word undone 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 Phenomenons Studied;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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