This is an analysis of the poem My Explanation that begins with:

I am a poet of today, not a prophet of a future day,
Poet or worthless, call me whatever, I put up with anything you say....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddee cXffXX ggghcc ffffXh hhXhff iijjff eeakii kkllff bbmmee ggnnii ccoogg iiggee iiXi X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001101000101 1011011110111010111 110010101 1110100110101 111110010111000101 111111110101101 1101011010111111 100010010101111010101 1110110001 110111011011 110110110111001 1011010101101111 11111001101001 10010011010011101001010 11101101010 101001011111 1010101111011111 111010101011011101011 1010101110111101 0101101000111101 1010100010101 101111001111 1101111111101 11011101011001010110 1101001001001100011 1111100010100110100000111011 010101010101100 1110101101 110111001010111100100 1010101011101001100011010 11110100101101101 1101010111001010011 101011110011 010111101001101 11110110110101 1101101101010111 1111111110101101011 1101110011110111 1110110101001 11110100101 100111010001101010 11110110101101010011 1111101011110 10110101111001001110110 10011101110011 1101011010011100 110111100111001011000110 01001111100010100101010110 1110011111011000100 1101001101011010100 111000110 110011010 110100111101010111 101011101110111001 110110101101101010 01101101111101011011010 10111101010101000100 0100100100010001110100 11111110110011100110110 0101101111000110100101110 1110111101010010100101111 1010011011101010101101 11111101110001 10101010100110100111 1101011111111111 01010101111010110 111011010110101101 11011110100110101011101 1110111101010101 101010110111111001 101001010010101111010111 010110010110011001010 111111011111110011 111111101101111001 111111100 01111101 111100101011110111010010 1111011100011000110010 11110101111110010010 100100111111110101010 11110100110101010111110 011110100011111010 0100010010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; poet, good, say, i, or, of, me, my, in, it, to, you, this, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Explanation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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