This is an analysis of the poem Those First And Last Impressions that begins with:
Why have you come from across the street,
To announce to all that can hear......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd eaXeXf bacgXfdag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100101 00101111 111110 1111110010 1101011 1 111101010 1010101011 11 1011010111 111100111111 101110101 101010001010 1111010 1 1101010001 1011 111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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; you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Those First And Last Impressions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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