This is an analysis of the poem The Preponderance that begins with:
Ahhhhhh...
'What on Earth is happening? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aX bX bc dddaX ceeXXfXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1110100 1111001 00010 0010001 1010 001001 1 11 11 010110 11001001 11 110001 0111 11101 0101 01011 0001 100111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; preponderance, change are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines change is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Preponderance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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