This is an analysis of the poem All About Me that begins with:

If it had been,
All about me......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcadeXfeB BbdghificBcjeB Bigdfhciif BhadXafbhciff BdbCfehCBjdXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,14,10,13,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010 1011 11101 111001 1101 111101 00011 110101 0011010 0 011011 0011011 1110 111011 11 111 111000111 001 01101 1001101 0011011 1010111 11010101 0 011011 0011011 1111011 011001 00101 101110 1011010 1011001 110101 1101101 111110 0011011 111111 101 10101110 1001 01110001 01001 011011 001 1101 100111 100110 1111110 0011011 101 011 1111 011010 0 101011 1111 0011011 111 1 10011110 1110101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, it, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words me, it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of All About Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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