This is an analysis of the poem The Odd One Out that begins with:
Bittersweet is the life lived,
By that one depicted to be......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCAD caefa fffgc ABCAD f Xga X ea eXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,1,3,1,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010011 11101000 0111 011101 000110100 101001 010010001 011010 101011 1101010001 101001101000 010101011 0100101101 001 1110000001 1010011 11101000 0111 011101 000110100 10101010 1 010010 1001010101010 11001010101011 1100101 111011111 1010101 111110011 1101010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; one is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word bittersweet 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 Odd One Out;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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