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

It’s good you came—she says.
You heard a plane crashed on Thursday?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddedXefXdgXfacbhcdghXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001111 11011111 1111011 010 010011101001 11111101 11111111101 11111111 1110111 0101010101 111001101 111101111 01110011 0101010011 111111 1100110101 001111011 11010101111 11111010101 11010111 111111 1011010 001110111 1110110101 1111110101 110111101 11110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1014
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Identification;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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