This is an analysis of the poem Shema that begins with:
You who live secure
In your warm houses...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbdbecXfbf cedXacXde c Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,9,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 01110 10111001 1111010 010100001 110001 1111 1110101 11101101 0101000010 01111 01110010 110111 101010 0101010 1011101 010111 111011111111 11101111 0100110 111110 01101100 1110111001 01011101101 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; who, your, when, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, when are repeated.
The author used the same word consider at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Shema;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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