This is an analysis of the poem Yet, Undefined But Welcoming that begins with:
Almost but not quite,
Prepared to leave behind......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbaaXXbXXb AaXacXXcaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 010101 11001 0100011 1010101 001001010 1111101101 11010101 001001101 11010101 11111 01100101 110011101 11101001 1011010011 001000101001 010 001001 101001010101 11011000001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word almost at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Yet, Undefined But Welcoming;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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