This is an analysis of the poem How To Listen that begins with:
Tilt your head slightly to one side and lift
your eyebrows expectantly. Ask questions....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ab cc dX Xe ce dX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111001111 1111000110 1000011111 1110010110 011011101 1101001010 1001110010 1110010011 1001101001 1100101010 1010101011 11010010010 0011010100 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 How To Listen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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