This is an analysis of the poem Incident that begins with:
We tell the story every year—
how we peered from the windows, shades drawn—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbbdbedfegfhgchccA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110101001 111001011 1101010 0111101 11001011 1011010101 011111 11011101011 1011010101 011101110011 11011111011 0110001101 0101011011011 110111100111 01101101101 11001111 1101011100111 101010 11010111 110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 851
- Average number of words per stanza: 152
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Incident;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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