This is an analysis of the poem Self-Editing that begins with:
Knowing what self-editing means,
Takes life to live and experiencing......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdefXcc aXXdX XcaacdXgc begbdfda cXbcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,9,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111001 1101101000 100100 100101010 01101 1001101 01101100 011011 10101111010 010010100110010 11111 1110111010 1101111010 110000101 11010101010 101010 11001010101 101110010 0011000101010 01000101011010 10000101111001 111101 110111010101 111011011 1000101100 1010001111111 0111101001 11110111010 100111101 1100010011100 0010001101 1100010111101 11001101010 110101010100001 1101001100 010001100101101 1001100010 0110100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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, they 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 Self-Editing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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