This is an analysis of the poem Uniquabilities that begins with:

There is something about you...
That belongs just to you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc XdXd ccc aaaca beaXec ceXX cbccXX aXdbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,5,6,4,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 101101 01101 011110 11 11 11001 011111 11101000 101001 11101011 101111 10011 0011 10100 01 100111 111111 0101101 111100000 110110111 10011100 1 01011 11 110101 1 010100100100010 111100010101001011 101010110101001 110100011010100000 0101111 1 101011000001 0001001011001 00110110001 1110100010 111100000101010100 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, your, we are repeated.

    The author used the same word your 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 you, do are repeated).

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

  • summary of Uniquabilities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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