This is an analysis of the poem 'Woeing' Themselves Along that begins with:
I too could carry around a list of tragedies.
A long one....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbCdCbCXbaX bXedabea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001010100 011 1 0110111 1110100100 0110111 11101100 0110111 11101100 11111001011 0010101111 1010001 11111010111 111100101 0101001 10101 110110101 111110101000 010110101 11101000100100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
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; to, i are 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 'Woeing' Themselves Along;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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