This is an analysis of the poem It Is Here that begins with:
What sound was that?
I turn away, into the shaking room....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bXbbcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1101000101 1111110101 1001010110 100111 01011111 1011 0101111111 10001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, that, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what 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 It Is Here;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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