This is an analysis of the poem Authorship that begins with:
You say that father write a lot of books, but what he write I don't
understand....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaccbdeXdXffgXaXXXgcfaegXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010101111111 101 111001101011110 11111 1111011111110 111110 0110100110100101 101100 1101001 101111101110111 1101 11110101111111 10101 101111101 0101101010111111 1001010 01101011110111 101010 10101110110 1111101110110101 11111001111101 110 1101011101 11101110101011 10111 101110110101011 1011001100 1111010101110 1001111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1321
- Average number of words per stanza: 247
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Authorship;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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