This is an analysis of the poem Discharged that begins with:
Carry me out
Into the wind and the sunshine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb cdXdcXde bXXXfXddacfXXeaeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 00011011 0001001 101001001 010110010 010110010 01111001 0111111 001 010010110 11101001 101 100100100 1001100100 10110110 00010010 1001 10011010 011010110 1101111 1101 10110110 1010 1 1001001 1110101101 0001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words into, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines houses is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Discharged;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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