This is an analysis of the poem Apparent And Obvious that begins with:

What has become,
More apparent and obvious......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEBFXD dXbggc dhGXGXijig JDK gbhXgfb JDK ABCDEBFXD gfdlldg lbkXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,10,3,7,3,9,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 10101100 0010010 100101 10100100 01110 110100101 010100 1001000100 1010 1101001 01010100 01110111 1100100010101 01010101001010 01001000101 101 010001010 1010011100 010001010 11010101001 110111101 11101 000110101 0100110110 1001011101 1111 110001001001 10101111 011 011101011 1010010 11010101010 1101111 10111011 1001011101 1111 110001001001 1101 10101100 0010010 100101 10100100 01110 110100101 010100 1001000100 111100110 01010000101 110010101011 1001010 11010100011010 11010111 110101001 1101001 0101100 110010001 101100000 101100100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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

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

  • summary of Apparent And Obvious;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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