This is an analysis of the poem After Tempers Flare To Cool that begins with:

Whatever that need is to float one's boat,
In a selfish process to go one's own way......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcaddec Xedfdgfhb XgXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100111 00101101111 110010 00101111 001101 1010101111 111111 00101101 01010010001 11 1010101010 00111010 1101001111 0010100 1110110010 101 1 101010001 10011100001 100100110101 111011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of After Tempers Flare To Cool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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