This is an analysis of the poem Routines Kept In Session that begins with:

Some stay in a mirror,
With nothing seen to please....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCC ADXBEDF ABABCC ADXBEDFXDb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 010101 110110 01101 1101010101 11010101 1010110 1111 1100101000 00101011101 1101010101 0101010011 010 110010 010101 110110 01101 1101010101 11010101 1010110 1111 1100101000 00101011101 1101010101 0101010011 010 0101010011 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Routines Kept In Session;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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