This is an analysis of the poem Careers that begins with:

Father is quite the greatest poet
    That ever lived anywhere. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXfb ghghaXXagh cieigeddfi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101010 1101101 1111001110 1111001 011110010101 111101101 110111011 1111110110 01101011 0100011010 11011001 110010110010 11001011 0010111111 1011010111 1111111 10111101 1010 1101111 1111011010 10101011 1101001010 11011011 1100100100100 11110110 1101111 11010111 10 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, be, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word         and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Careers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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