This is an analysis of the poem Stranger that begins with:
Stranger are those things today,
Yesterday......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa XabX bXcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 101 0101 101 101010 0111 01111 110110100 1001011 10111010011 11100010111 1110 00101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, cold are repeated.
The author used the same word stranger 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 Stranger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of When An Unquestioned Exit Is Best
- Analysis of Changes Are Bittersweet
- Analysis of Remember When You Did That To Me?
