This is an analysis of the poem A Private Public Space that begins with:

You can’t trust lesbians. You invite them
to your party and they don’t come,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXba bXcd ecfc bgcahXc XbXfgcbii XXhXbfehXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,7,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111001010 01101111 111010010 10101110110 1101111010 0111010010 101101 10111011 111011101 110111110 10010101101 1111011010 1101111101 01011110101 10101010 0101 00110111001 10101111 100100011110 0111010 010101001 01010010 010101101 11010101 01010011111 01111 01001010 00101111111 10111111 11011101 1010001110 111110011 0101111 011100111 011111 11010010 1101111 011101101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in, i, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of A Private Public Space;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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