This is an analysis of the poem My Twins that begins with:

Of twin daughters I'm the mother -
Lord! how I was proud of them;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacaX bcbcdede fgfgXchc ihihafaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100010 1111100 10100010 1110111 11111110 1110001 10011110 1110110 0010101 1010011 1110111 1110100 11101010 1110111 01101010 1101111 01111110 1110101 11101110 1010111 1111101 1010111 1000101 1010001 01100010 1110101 01101110 1010101 11101110 1110101 11101110 1010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as are repeated.

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

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

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