This is an analysis of the poem What Has Happened? that begins with:

The industrialist is having his aeroplane serviced.
The priest is wondering what he said in his sermon eight weeks ago...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXcdcbdddaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001000010010010 01010011100101101 0110 0100110110110111 1001011010 001011010010011 0111011001001010 010010110010010 01011010110 11010100110 1101001101 1010010100 101101001111010 100100100010 01010110110 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What Has Happened?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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