The ability to parse a poem may be needed both at school and in higher education. In order to carry out the analysis correctly, you need a plan for parsing the poem, from the point of view of its phonic, sound construction - metrics, rhythm, rhyme, stanza and other characteristics.
Instructions
Step 1
Read the poem carefully.
Step 2
Determine which system the poem belongs to: tonic, syllabic, syllabo-tonic. If there are two rhythm-forming factors - a syllable and stress, the regular alternation of text fragments with an equal number of syllables, among which stressed syllables in a certain regular way alternate with unstressed ones - this is a syllabo-tonic system. If there is an alternation of equally syllable lines, moreover, the quantitative ratio of syllables is a rhythm-forming factor, and other factors (length of syllables, their stress) are not taken into account - this is a syllabic system. If the number of stressed syllables in a poetic line is regulated, and the number of unstressed syllables is more or less free, then you are dealing with a tonic (accent) versification system. Let us dwell on the syllabo-tonic system of versification, since a greater number of poems in Russian literature are written in it.
Step 3
Determine the size. In the syllabo-tonic system, five sizes are used: iambic is a two-syllable size, which includes a short (unstressed) and long (stressed) syllables. Chorea is a two-syllable poetic meter, the foot of which contains a long and short syllables following it. Dactyl is a three-syllable size, consisting of one long and two short syllables following it. Amphibrachium is a poetic meter formed by three-syllable feet with an emphasis on the second syllable. Anapest is a three-syllable poetic meter, the foot of which consists of two short and one long syllable. Depending on the number of feet, you can say in what complex size the poem is organized.
Step 4
If the strings are not the same in length, do not forget to indicate that the string is being truncated (growing). If the first and third lines are longer than the second and fourth, then the unstressed syllable is truncated. If the first and third lines are shorter than the second and fourth lines, they are escalated.
Step 5
If the first and third lines of the poem end with a stressed syllable (male clause), and the second and fourth with an unstressed (female clause), write down that there is an alternation of male and female clauses. And vice versa.
Step 6
Determine with which rhyme the stanza of the quatrain is: contiguous (aavb), cross (avav), covering (abba).
