This is an analysis of the poem Why Ask that begins with:
Why ask about the condition of fakirs like us?
We are water, separated from its river, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc cdea fccX gcdX dXXf gXeh hbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001001011 111010100010 01001 101001 0111101001 010010 111100110001 1101 1010011 1111011 0110011 0011011 11001110 11101010010 10111101111 10101111 1010011 1110100 01111110 11011 101001000110 111010 01111000111 01111101011 1110011 1111010 11100010001 01101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, perhaps are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Why Ask;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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