This is an analysis of the poem Tuesday that begins with:
Tuesday came and gone,
And I was still in Summer....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc aDAEADfA gchX aDAEADfA dXXbhcic XgaXaa aAIA AIA IAXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,8,8,6,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 1111010 100101 1101001 01 01010100 111 0101011 00111 1110100 1 0101 1001011 101111 1110101 10001101 101 01010100 111 0101011 00111 1110100 1 0101 11 1110 111 010 10 1101 11 01001 10 0 1010100111 0101011 00111 111111011101 11101010101 100001010101 10000101010101 1101 100001010101 10000101010101 1101 10000101010101 1101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; shine, for, to, sun, anticipatin', waitin', that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words anticipatin', that are repeated.
The author used the same word anticipatin' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines shine is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word shine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Tuesday;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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