This is an analysis of the poem Philosophy that begins with:
I am sorry...
You have no lullabys to sing to me, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacXXdefXecbfgXXdhhicXhjfhXgjjjijcj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 1111000101 00110100 01011 111111101000 111110011111 1101110101011 11110111 1110100 111110101 111011 11101011001 11 11011010100 1110101010 0010100011110 0101001000101 111101010001 11100101001101 1111110101 11111100100 11111 10110100101 11101010 110100101 000111111010 101101100011 101101101000010 101011111 1101000101 11110100111 1111 111101010 1101 111010110010 001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1319
- Average number of words per stanza: 250
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; by, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Philosophy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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