This is an analysis of the poem Breaking Up that begins with:
I fell out of love: that’s our story’s dull ending,
as flat as life is, as dull as the grave....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XXXX aXXb aXae efef cgcg Xhch Xgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011110110 1111011101 011111010011 11001111001 010010110110 101111011011 11111111110 11101111111 110101110110 100100110 110010110010 01010101010 110101111110 011010100010 10001110111110 11001001001 10111010010 01011001011001 110111011010 1111001100110 11111001010 1111110101 10010010010 01001001001 11001110110 1011001111 110010011110 11011111011 111010111111 1101101001 1010010110010 011101011101 11101010010 11010101 111101011111 111011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, ', i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Breaking Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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