This is an analysis of the poem My Picture that begins with:
I made a picture; all my heart
I put in it, and all I knew...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbXb dedXfdfd cbcbegeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11001111 01010101 01001101 01010101 11111101 11000100 11111101 111010111 11110011 11011111 1100010000 11010111 11011101 11110101 11000111 11110111 11110111 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110101 11110100 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; i, and, of, he, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, of, and, he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Picture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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