This is an analysis of the poem Prioritized And Lifted that begins with:
I knew too well,
What my life had been like....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDeF AgghfidjX ABCDFbhe gXhgX fdja hje jeedijdX gdXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,8,5,4,3,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 111101 111001111 11101001110 1 1101 1111 0100010 1010001010 0101100101 1101 010 010111 110100101 1010101110 1111 111101 111001111 11101001110 1101 1101 110101 010110110101 11010111 1 1111 10011 11100 10101110011 110001101101 001001011010 111110010011 11011 1011 01010101101 11011110 1011111 00010011011100 11101111 1011001000101 11 1010111000101110 0010111010 111010001110 1101001 110111 001110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 47
- 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 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; to, back, that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Prioritized And Lifted;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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