This is an analysis of the poem Visitor that begins with:
Honestly?
You asked for my opinion, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc defgX abbeXcbhc ijfj fcbf dcckh bgllcdlm fdbkmhbb XXXffiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,9,4,4,5,8,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 1111010 110011 10011111 11111101 111000 01110011 111110011 11101000100 11 01101 010111 110 111101 01100101100 100100010 1101101 10111110011 11101110 1111100001 10100010 101010101 101011111 11101101010 110001 11101100001 1100111001 110100111001 1011010 111101 11011 101111 1110000101 0101011111 11001101 1111010010001 1111100111010 11101000010111 101111001 10011111 1101 11101101 1011111011 1 110101110001 1010111110101 1 1110110100 110010100 11110100011 11111010 1101 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Visitor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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