This is an analysis of the poem The First that begins with:
It was the first time in decades,
That an American had won the Boston marathon....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc dcX c X bbb ebXcX b X cXa fdX Xfce aXcbcfbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,1,1,3,5,1,1,3,3,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011001 11010011010101 1110011010001 1010 1010 11010 1001011011 11110100010 111 010001 011 10100 11110111 11111010 11 0111100 0111111 1101110 10111000 111101 01111100101 010111010 11 1011 110010111 1 1111110110010 1010101111 10110111000011 11101000100 0101 1101 0100 1010100000100 01101001 01010110000101010 111000001001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; about, i, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The First;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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