This is an analysis of the poem You Became Those 'Things' that begins with:
You became those 'things'.
Your car, your jewelry......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbddd XaXeee fXfccf Xcfbg hXXfg ii Xichac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,5,5,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 111100 101101 0111 111 01010110 01111010 111011 10111 01010100 11110 10111011 1010011 111 1011100 101111 01011111 11011100 101000111 1101101 10111 110101001101 11011011 11010110001 110101 101111100 11101 11111 11011101 0111110111 1111001 01011101 10111 111101 010100 11101 11100 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word life at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of You Became Those 'Things';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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