This is an analysis of the poem That Should Take You Half Way that begins with:
When I needed a helping hand...
You chose with yours...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddadbdbbefcbcXXadbcddfXcde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 1101 0101 11111 01001001 110111101 1111101 11110001 111111 111111 11110111 01101 1 111101101 111111 111111 1101001 110010 111011 111111101 11011110 1101111101 111 111 1 010 111110101 1111 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
- Average number of words per stanza: 151
- 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 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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of That Should Take You Half Way;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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