This is an analysis of the poem Two Pieces That Togetherness Fits that begins with:

When rain has fallen and has gone.
With a shoulder you need to cry on......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCBDEF AABgcXg ehhcXAABCBDEFd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 001011011 111 10011 111 0010101 11001 111 11110111 001011011 111 011101 11010 0110011 11 1000011101111 1101110 1110111011011 11000111111100 11110111 001011011 111 10011 111 0010101 11001 111 1110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Two Pieces That Togetherness Fits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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