This is an analysis of the poem The Detachment that begins with:
An acceptance of what is,
To move on from it......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBC dbddaaaX daddXd ABCBC eeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 01100 010010011 11100100001 001011010100 011101 0011101010 00110101010100 101011001 11010010001 100010110101 1101011 1011011 0011110110 10010110010 101101101 0111111101 110110 1101000011111 1010010 01100 010010011 11100100001 001011010100 01010101 0100101100 1110001010 11010111100 100001001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word to 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 The Detachment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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