This is an analysis of the poem Updated And Refreshened Eulogies that begins with:
What are they there,
Waiting for? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB Xcddcd dbXedccX AABefXbf ffbdfbfdbgb AABccXgXbgcad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,8,8,11,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 101 01011000100 1110100 11001 11111 101110 1010001 110110 110010 10100100100 11110001 11010100 1001101 111011 11 11 1111 101 01011000100 1110100 10100101 0100010 010110 011101111 11111 1110101 1011 111010 1100010 110110101 001010010 1101010 01011 1010001 01001011 1111 101 01011000100 11010001 111101 10001010 1011011 11010101 0010110 1011101 110001 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; have is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Updated And Refreshened Eulogies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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