This is an analysis of the poem Do They Know? that begins with:
Do they know? At the turn to the straight
Where the favourites fail, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedEfgfgdhdhieiE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101001 1010001 110011001 01001 11111011 11001 10101001 11001 101011001 001101 101011001 111111 111111101 001101 101111001 101101 101111001 111101 11111101 101111 111101101 11011 11001101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
- Average number of words per stanza: 155
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, as, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, though, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Do They Know?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
