This is an analysis of the poem Curriculum Vitae that begins with:

1992
1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a Xbc Xd ef X Xa fd gc cc fhc iX Xb id ejjj c fc h aX gf Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,4,1,2,1,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111001101011 10010111011000 0100101101010 11110100 1101110100110 11101011111 10101001011100010 010110010110 1110110101011 111101011011000 11110011101 11101111001101 111101 1110110010010110 11011111010010 1110001110111 01010 111011011001 1010101011101 01010 10011010111101000 11100 11111011001010 01 1010010101000100 01001010010 1101010101100110 10101011010101 101010100100100100 01 101000 10101101011111 11100 1111101101 111011011110101 1110110010 111101010101011110 11 111100101111 100110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, language are repeated.

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

  • summary of Curriculum Vitae;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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