This is an analysis of the poem Standing In The Light that begins with:
What is it going to take,
To see what it is......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCDX X efbefbb dXb ABBCD X cXbfeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,7,3,5,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001 01100 1100 110111 011 0100110 1 010010 00101010 11010 0101011 10100001 011110 1111 110110010 10101101 1101011 1001001 01100 1100 110111 011 0100 1110101 011101 000100010 001010 001011111 110001 00110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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, what, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Standing In The Light;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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