This is an analysis of the poem Up And Disappeared that begins with:

There has been a lot of listening missed,
That did not reach either your left......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddXb CECBcaXaXCECB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101001 10111011 111 1111101001 011 11 0101010 1111101101 1010101000 01000101 101011111 01100110011 1010111011 1110001101 1010101101001 1111010101110 1010101000 01000101 101011111 01100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word time 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 is repeated).

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

  • summary of Up And Disappeared;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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