This is an analysis of the poem As It Is! It Is...As It Is that begins with:

This stirred inside me,
Long before I spoke....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcb baXXbc bDDDXdXbDDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011 10111 11011 110101 01010001 0111100 1110 111 1110101010 0110 101 11101010101 1 100 00 100 01001111 010100001 1 100 00 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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; i, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word but 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 it, is are repeated).

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

  • summary of As It Is! It Is...As It Is;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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