This is an analysis of the poem The Brothers that begins with:

Do you remember how we crept
Across out bedroom to our bed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababba cbcbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01111011 10011111 11010111 11111101 11110111 11110101 11010111 11011111 11010011 11111111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Brothers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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