This is an analysis of the poem Relevance: No Return To A Ping, With Its Pong Gone that begins with:

Where is it?
Who hid it from opened eyes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abb Acd Xd ADD eecedCE DcccXc Afgfedhb CE DX bffahf dDb ijcX ADDc ii ADD AXDDejgce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,3,7,6,8,2,2,6,3,4,4,2,3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1100101 1100001 100 010010 01100 10010 111001 100 0100 101 10010111 101011 0100101 1111 010100 1001 001011 1010 1111 0101001 1110101001 101 101 100 0100111 101101 100101 1001 1101 0111 001 1001 001011 1010 01011 1010100 110011 11 110010 111 01001 1011100 10010 01101100100 1 11 110 110 100 10101100 10010 0110110110 1010101 101100111 100 0100 101 100 10101100 10010 011 01101 1 101001 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    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; it, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, my, where, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word where 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 Relevance: No Return To A Ping, With Its Pong Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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