This is an analysis of the poem The Visitor that begins with:
LITTLE lady at de do',
W'y you stan' dey knockin'?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXbXXcccbdXdXeeeXdXdXbccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 111110 1011110 001110 1110100 1011101 1110100 111010 1111111 111110 1011101 111000 1111101 1011111 1110111 101010 1010111 11101 11101011 111010 1111111 1010111 1001111 11101 1011101 111010 0111001 1010010 1111110 1010101 1010111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 875
- Average number of words per stanza: 173
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, come are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Visitor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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