This is an analysis of the poem Knives that begins with:
The women he has had are all faces
without eyes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcaXc XXdeaXeb faXfXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101111110 011 111001 1011 111110 10101 1011 111111 11010 101110 101 11001 101 101011 0101 01100110 0010011 1111001 11100 101 11010 001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Knives;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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