This is an analysis of the poem A New Poet that begins with:
Finding a new poet
is like finding a new wildflower...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dec ead cXX beX XXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 011001110 1001111 01001011 1111101 00110101 0110101 101100101 0101101 1110100001 1010101001 1010 10111010 11011 111110010 011110010 101110011 010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word its 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 A New Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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