This is an analysis of the poem First Day At School that begins with:
A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaeeeX eeecaXcXXXc aXebbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000001001 1010101011 1111111010 11011111 11010101 1111011 1000101 111101 11111011 1010 101010 110111110 111011110 111110 011011101 1001001010 1101011 11110 1100010 111101010 111101011 101011010 1101110 100011111 111101111 0101001011 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, in, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, things are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines games, railings are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of First Day At School;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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