This is an analysis of the poem Up The Moonlit Road Came She that begins with:

Yes we 'd letters from Liz for quite a while :
The dear writ that she wuz doin well ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aa ab cb c d Xd Xc ec e e cX c d eXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011101 01111111 11110101 11110101 11011101 10011001 11111111 1111111 11111111 101100101 11111111 1101101111 01110111 110101101 111100101 110111101 1011111 111011101 0100100100 011001101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 53
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; she, and, at are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, and 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 Up The Moonlit Road Came She;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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