This is an analysis of the poem Sweep Away Your Own Debris that begins with:
So clear you were not here,
When the trenches were dug....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbcdeb fagdXhig jaXdd adfXa ehcXjjdXiJJjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,5,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 101001 110101 10101 1011 11011010 0100101010 1101110100 1 110111 11110 101101101 01010100 1011 111110 110110100 10100101 110000101001 11010001 011110011 110111 11101110011 1111001 010 1101010110011 11010010 1111 111001 111011010 11011010 01101 11011101 111011100011 00101101110100 101011100 1011101 1011101 111101 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sweep is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines debris is repeated).
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- summary of Sweep Away Your Own Debris;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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