This is an analysis of the poem The Homicide that begins with:
They say she speeded wanton wild
When she was warm with wine;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd efefef gXgbgXXcecece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111101 11110101 110111 01010111 110101 11110101 110011 11110101 011011 11111101 111101 11111111 110101 11111001 111101 01010101 010101 11111101 010110 11011111 100111 11010101 1111100 11111111 010111 01010111 111101 10111101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; she, i, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Homicide;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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