This is an analysis of the poem Listen that begins with:
Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening,
kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXaXXa XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101001100 100101010111 0111011010010 111100101001 01111110110111 1100111010111001 0111111010111 101110100101011 00100111111101 1110101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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