This is an analysis of the poem Opportunity that begins with:

GRANNY'S gone a-visitin',
Seen huh git huh shawl...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababcdXXXXefeXefXdfcXXXXXeXcXXXXbXXdaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 11111 1110101 10101 1110101 11101 1110101 11111 1011001 10101 1111111 11101 1110101 11111 1011101 11101 1011101 11111 1001101 11101 1111111 11000 0010111 01010 1011101 11101 1111011 111010 1111110 11001 11111101 11111 1010110 11111 1011101 111010 1111101 11111 1011110 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1038
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words seen, i, w'en are repeated.

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

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

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