This is an analysis of the poem The Score that begins with:
Because I've come to eighty odd,
I must prepare to meet you, God....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddbX eeffbbXcceeffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11010111 11111101 11110101 11010111 101111 11111111 00010001 11010101 11110011 11011100 010100 11111101 11010111 10110101 10010101 01010101 100101 11110111 11010001 11010101 11010101 11111001 00111111 11111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 27
- 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; i, to, i've are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i've are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Score;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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