This is an analysis of the poem Plums that begins with:

You bring out your articles and pronouns
your justifications and protestations. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bXcdec d XeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100110 11001011110 10110100100 111110001010 001110 10111 11011 11011100010 111101010101001 01010111110010 11111110101 111010011010 11110010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 Plums;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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