This is an analysis of the poem To Re-Emerge When The Winds Settle that begins with:

Why would anyone need another,
Who speaks from both sides of their mouth......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcb XabXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001010 11011011 1101 101101010 10010110110 100101111 001000011110 00010110 1011100101 01111 110001010011 0100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of To Re-Emerge When The Winds Settle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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