This is an analysis of the poem Strings Once Attached that begins with:
You wish to strum my strings,
To pluck my heart of its emotions....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb XcacbXa bdXcdc Xee acccc bcff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,6,3,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 011100010 1001 0111100 1101 01000100010 101011101 00110 1010001 101100 0001101 111101 01111010101 1011111011 101101 1110111 011101101 1001100010 0010101010 11 1111110100 1111 10 1101 111101 11101 1001110 11001 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, my, you are repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 Strings Once Attached;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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