This is an analysis of the poem Portraits Of Innocence that begins with:
Innocently skipping along,
In a quiet neighborhood......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcaddX XcefbadeXaFcFbfab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001001 0010101 10110 01001 10111 001001 1010101 00101001011 101111 110 01110111 100100110 111111111 10010101010110 011101010100 110110 0010010110100 011001001101 011001 01001010100 011001 10110111 100100 1110010100 100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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:
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Portraits Of Innocence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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