This is an analysis of the poem Stopped Dead that begins with:
A squeal of brakes.
Or is it a birth cry?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaa babcX caacc ddeffXeeeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 100011 11111110011 10110010101 1111011011 0111011111 01111 11101100110 10110110010000 000100001000100 0100111010 00111010111 11101010001 1100111 0101011111 111011011101 111111 1010 110001 111111 0001001 1111 11001101101 101001111001 1100101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; it is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stopped Dead;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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