This is an analysis of the poem The Significance Of Image that begins with:

Monuments are just monuments.
And a defacing of them, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXcbb adXbcddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100 1001000 11010010 1101000101 0010010111 110 0001000101 01011010 001001001010 111101001010 0100101 0100101001001000 110100100010 01101 0111001001 00100001010 00100100010 100100100010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; as, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Significance Of Image;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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