This is an analysis of the poem As They Come that begins with:
Right and left the leaders wheel,
Seeking gap and gate, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcDefefgdgDhihijdjDbhbhadaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 10111 1011111 11101 1011101 11101 1110101 10111 1010111 11111 1000111 10101 1110111 11101 1010101 10111 1111101 11101 1110101 10101 1010001 10101 1010101 10111 1110011 10101 1011111 10101 1001111 10111 0111111 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 916
- Average number of words per stanza: 166
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word turn is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of As They Come;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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