This is an analysis of the poem Say Something that begins with:
Say a word, say something
O my dark beloved!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XABA BcXXdXdX Beecfcce BaXbbdXg BXfXgaXeABA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110 111010 1010011 111010 011010011 100101 001100110 1010110 011100101011 10101001 1011111011 10011 011010011 100111 1110010010 10101 10001 1010111 1111011 111010 011010011 100101 110111 010101011 0101111101101 101011 111111 111 011010011 10010101 01001010110110 100100101 01010100100101 11011010101 01111000 10101 111010 1010011 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 39
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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- summary of Say Something;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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