This is an analysis of the poem Clemente's Images that begins with:

1)
Sleeping birds, lead me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aa bc da X ee cc fc X Xg fc hX X gi dh cj X dg kk hl X em cc je X Xn eg hm X di im md X dm hm md X gg hX cc X al ol lc X kg cc cd X ac gc oo X dd ff id X cn cb Xp X kk XX aa X cc ee hm X Xl dd gc X ah dX dg X cc hh dd X gg aa cg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10111 1101 01011 10011 0011 1101 1 100101 0101101 11101 1010101 110111 11111 1 101100 1010 11000010 11100 01010010 1010110010 1 1001 0101011 10111 111 11111 1101 1 111111 0101 01010010 0111 011101 1111 1 101001 1011010 10101 11001000101 110 1101 1 0101 0101 0101 0101 010111 10100111 1 0111 010111 1100111 010101 111101 1100010010101 1 11 11011 1100100011100 0111101 01101 11101111001 1 10101 101101 1111 110000010 011001 01011111 1 1110010110 110101110111 110100 01010001001 1001010101 1001110101 1 0111010001 1101011111 11101010101 1001110100 10111101010 1011010101 1 1111 1011110 1001001 01010010 0100010001010 1011000101010 1 10101 00010101 111010111 100011110 11011111101 110101000101 1 0111 1001101101 101101001 1010100110011 11010100 0101010001010 1 010011101 10100101001 1101001001 110100101 11110 110111101 1 0110 111101 1111 1111 00100 011100 1 11000 101001 101 110101 0101 010111 1 10111011 1010010 101001 01001110 10010010 1111110 1 01000100010 100010 1001001000100010 111011 1010 00100100101 1 011101 010101 010101 010101 100111 1001011 1 1001 110101 11010101 111 111000001 0101001 1 10011 001101 001001 001011 01001 01101 1 10101001010 110100110 001001010 1111001010 01001 01001 1 01000010 01111010 0110 01 10 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 100
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, in, under, if, and, one, of, to, each are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, a, under, if, not, the, in, and, each are repeated.

    The author used the same words who, if, in, each at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Clemente's Images;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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