This is an analysis of the poem Two Pictures that begins with:
WE sat by an open window
And hearkened the sounds outside —...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaabcdcXcecbfffeeXefgdgdhfhXdidiaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 11000111 01001011 10100101 1111010 1100111 001101010 111111 1101011 1101111 111101110 1010101 111001110 110111 001101110 11000101 11001010 00101101 11001011 1111101 11001110 111111 01001010 0100111 1001110 111111 110010010 1100101 01101110 110111 10111110 111111 1100100010 1111101 01001110 0110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1161
- Average number of words per stanza: 230
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Two Pictures;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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