This is an analysis of the poem Before that begins with:
I.
Let them fight it out, friend! things have gone too far.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc X XdXX X eefX X ggff a gghh a iiXX X hhhh X ddgg X ggjj X kkgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10101111111 11101010111 01010100010 101010100110 1 11111110101 11111011111 101110100100 1001010101100 1 10100011101 10111010001 111000111010 111101101010 1 10101111101 11101110101 101110111010 101110100010 1 11111010101 11111111111 111010100010 001110111010 1 10101110101 0111010010001001 101110101100 101011110100 1 11101010101 11111110111 111110100010 111011111010 1 11101011111 11111010001 101011001010 101010111010 1 1100111111001 11001011101 111111111011 101111111001 1 11001010101 10110110001 111110100110 111111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Before;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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