This is an analysis of the poem This is a Wonderful Poem that begins with:

Come at it carefully, don't trust it, that isn't its right name,
It's wearing stolen rags, it's never been washed, its breath...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXabcabXcaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100110100011 0101010100101 11110001010 01110010111 101111011 01010101001 011010011111 011001110010 1001101110 11101011010 11101000011100 1100111011010 110110100110010 1100101110010 0111111011001 111110000110 1111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 839
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, no, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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

  • summary of This is a Wonderful Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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