This is an analysis of the poem Poetry Gives Off Smoke that begins with:
Poetry gives off smoke
but it doesn’t die out....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXCdXcbcXeefaghaXXifibXhgaehjgbkaggkhdfhichfchbjX eCkXXcXjh Xh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,9,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 10111 0110101000 10101 01011 101000 10001011 0111 111101 11011 101 1101 11 101001 11010010 110101 110101011011 0110011011 11010 110110 101101010 010 010 110011010 000111 0100 110101 01010010 01 11 101101 1101 010110 1 010010011101001 1 110010 1100110111 010 11001 010 10 0010101 1101 11 10111 100110001 0111011010 1001011 10000 1001101010 10101 10111010 1000111 110101 1 10110010101001 110110111 11010 010111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; it, s, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word poetry at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines muse is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Poetry Gives Off Smoke;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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