This is an analysis of the poem Seduction that begins with:
One day
you gonna walk in this house...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXXXXXXXXcdXdbbaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1101001 1010101100 1 1111111 10101111 11110011101101010 1010001001011 11110111000 1111101110 1111111110 1111 101011111 1101010101 11111101 110111 0110 11001 1101111 10 00010000000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your 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 Seduction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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