This is an analysis of the poem The Documents that begins with:

The Documents are weeping, fading,
fearing the worst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab caccc cXd ec fX X beg cXXbXf dbggbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,3,2,2,1,3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010 1001 110100 1110 1110011 11010 1010 1111 10 010010 11110 011010 11011111 1111100 111101 11101 01001101 01101010100010 01001110 10110101101 1010110010 1110111 1101010010 10101111001 111110100 1000111101 011101011 100101001010 01110111110 11101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; never is repeated.

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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