This is an analysis of the poem Surprise that begins with:
I delight in the keeping,
Of that excited look......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab ccdeef fdXXXXfXg XXbbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,9,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 010101 10110 110011 110100010 10110010 0011010 11001 0101101 1111111 1100011 011010 101010 111011 1010100 0101 0101011 11000100 01110 11110 00111 1001 111001 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word my 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 Surprise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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