This is an analysis of the poem Stop & Shop that begins with:
There are people I see...
But I don't know them personally....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdeXfg ggeg XgXg gec Xdfegc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,4,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 111101000 1111001 11001010 110111 1111 01010 11101 001110000100 110101 101010 10101 1110110 1011001 11011110 0110100 0101010 11101 11001 010101010 110010 10000 101100 10111010010 10110110100 11111010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stop & Shop;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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