This is an analysis of the poem Promises Made Were Broken that begins with:
Promises made were broken,
As unknown shadows crept from crevices......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC caXXc XaXd dcbceX ABCdbeccaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010 1011110100 100011001 01111001101 01010010 1110010001 010110100 010100010001 11110011 01001011001 111 0101011100 1010110 10010010 010010001010010 11010101 010110011 11100110010001 1001010 1011110100 100011001 1101011010010 0101101 0010011 1 110010101 11100110100010 010001100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 Promises Made Were Broken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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