This is an analysis of the poem As If This Was Dessert that begins with:

Acquaintances they had,
With an assortment of personas known! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacadeafddgedgaabdedhdXhdeXefeddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 0101001001 1110101001 01000001111 11111 101010 10100100 10111010 101010 1110110 111110011 0010101 10101 101010 010010101 10100110 111101 1010111 01110111 11001 1010111 0111 1110011101 101011101 0101000101 101001 101011101 10110101 11011010010 0100111 0101010110 1 100101 010101 0101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; they is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of As If This Was Dessert;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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