This is an analysis of the poem Repaid that begins with:
I have been repaid.
For every sacrifice I have made....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABC aaddcdbbc AABCdeXX cXfbXfdbXacAeAABdC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 1100101111 11110 11100100 11011 100010111 0010010111 010100101010 110001001 1101001100 001000110101 1 1010010101001 11001 1100101111 11110 11100100 010010100100 11100111 010011101 00110011 110111001 010100101 1110011110 1101010 011001001 11011000 1001011101 00101011011 1 010011101101 11001 011001101001 11001 1100101111 11110 01 11100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 38
- 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; i, have, 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 Repaid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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