This is an analysis of the poem Reasonable Interest that begins with:
I want to know how Bernard Shaw
Likes beefsteak—fairly done, or raw?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXbX XXcc aabb ddee ffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011 11110111 11011101 11001101 11110100 01011111 110010101 100101100 11011101 110101010 10110101 11110111 11010101 10111011 10110111 11111011 11011101 11100101 01011111 11011101 11011110 01010101 11011111 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, he, to, i, want are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Reasonable Interest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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