This is an analysis of the poem Advertisement that begins with:
I’m a tranquilizer.
I’m effective at home....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefXfa gcbbbeg Xddg bXXg XcXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 101011 110010 11101 10101 1110101 11101011 1110111 111 001010 111010010 10111 11101010 101110 1101011111 111101 1101100010 1101100 0111011001 11 11010101 111101 110001 1111101 11011 1111 1111010 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, there are 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 Advertisement;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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