This is an analysis of the poem Childhood Stories that begins with:

They learned to turn off the gravity in an auditorium
and we all rose into the air,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa baXccdbX dbcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101000110100 11110001 011111010 111100010 11101010 110101010 1110110101 1110111 1111010001 111011011 11001 01001001 1110011 11101010010 111101101 1111111110 0111000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Childhood Stories;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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