This is an analysis of the poem My Word! that begins with:
You can tyke h'it from me, 'e's as cool as a cucumber,
Never goes balmy h'or loses 'is 'ead,...
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: aXabccXddX aXaXeeXffX XXXXggbcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111110100 1011011011 10111011010 1111111111 111110 1100110 1111111111 1001111 111111 11111001011 11110011010 1111001101 0100110100010 11011011011 11011 10101 1101110010100 111010 111010 1101001111 1111100111010 11111011011 010010110110 0111111001 11101 1100111 0111111110010 101110 010011 110011111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; h'and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word h'and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase 'e connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Word!;
- 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.
