This is an analysis of the poem An Oral Examination that begins with:
How on Earth was it feasibly possible,
That someone riding on a jetski......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabbbb cddbc da beX bfg XX HibahX X bHjXdfak XkbakkddjabjkeaX Xkcfa XX ibagd X bcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,2,3,3,2,6,1,8,16,5,2,5,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110100100 111101010 100110101010 1101111 110010011001 1 1001 11010 010 0011001010 10100010 101010110010 001010100010 101 1100 10110101110 110111001010 100110 101 101 1100110010 11001010 11111110101 101 1111101000 011001010 11111111 11 1101010011101 1100 0 101 0010101110111 00100011101 01111110 1 11011100010 110001100110101 1 111001 0010110 1101111 1001101 0011111 0101001010 0100110101 10101101 10100 1 1100010010 01001 01 1001001010 010100101 1 1101 110 101001011 1011010001 11 11 1101000 111110101 01011000010001 11001 0010 111 0011100101011010 110 011001101000010 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Oral Examination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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