This is an analysis of the poem Staying Where You Are that begins with:
If I am saying what I mean...
Why would I change it? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXXXXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 11110 010111010 110111 0111110 010111 101 010 0011010 1101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Staying Where You Are;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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