This is an analysis of the poem Stealthed that begins with:

Everything has been labelled,
To tag and remember....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdc efcXg ddhXX d aagea g agea bhgXeed dfXXdXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,1,5,1,4,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 011010 1100101 101000100 001101 1100 10010 1001110100 11110 00111100 010110100 1101 1100001 00101 0101 11001 010000011 100010 00100010 111001001011 111010000100 1010100101 01101010010100 0101111101 10101 10001 01110101 1011110 1111101 101011100100 0010101 101001 010010001001 0011101101 110110 0100100 11110 101011 1010101 011 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Stealthed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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