This is an analysis of the poem Sporadic that begins with:
He is just a little boy...
Thrown into the limelight craved! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbab ccXdcceffXaXceeeeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1000111 1001 110010001 01001 1001 010 11110110 10101101 011001010101 0011110 1010 1001001101010 11101111 00101011 111101 0011111 010 11010010 11100 110001 1111011101 01001001011 010100001101 010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word sporadic 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 Sporadic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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