This is an analysis of the poem Suddenly Images Change that begins with:
Too many now bending under heat,
Like drying crops....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD EAFD GHEA HIEI ABCD EAFD GHEA HIEI GBCD HIEd GBHC GBHC ABCD GHEA G H G HXGHEAi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110101 1101 0101 0010110 101100111 1101 1010 0110010 1001001 1101 101 110010 10011101 1101 1101 100010 110110101 1101 0101 0010110 101100111 1101 1010 0110010 1001001 1101 101 110010 10011101 1101 1101 100010 1001001 1101 0101 0010110 10011101 1101 1101 1010 1001001 1101 10011101 1111 1001001 1101 10011101 1111 110110101 1101 0101 0010110 1001001 1101 101 110010 1001001 10011101 1001001 10011101 1001001 1101 101 110010 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; suddenly is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word suddenly is repeated.
The author used the same word suddenly at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word drop at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Suddenly Images Change;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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