This is an analysis of the poem Driftwood that begins with:
MY forefathers gave me
My spirit's shaken flame,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXbXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 110101 01010101 010011 101110 111101 11010100 1101010 101110 101001 001110 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Driftwood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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