This is an analysis of the poem The Identification that begins with:
So you think its Stephen?
Then I'd best make sure...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbada Xeeffcb gaXfhhhX fXfadchXhiXefighia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 11111 01011100 110000101 11011101 010010 01111001 11111111 0101011 11011 1011 110011 0101011 0111010 11101 010110 1100011100 10101101 111110 111011 10010111 01011101 111001001 1010010 100101010 1001101 101010 110110111 11010111010 110101011 11011010 11110101 10101 1111110 010101 1111100 1100101 110 11 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; face, that, his, thats are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thats is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Identification;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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