This is an analysis of the poem And...Your Point Is, What? that begins with:

The party is over, folks!
Now I seek volunteers, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abC dXbC cd XeafgfgX e XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,2,8,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 111101 0111 011 011010101 111000010101 0111 001011 10110101111 111111101 0100101010 01110100010 10111101 010111001 110110101 1101101 1011100010111 111010 1 110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word clean 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 And...Your Point Is, What?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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