This is an analysis of the poem Assumptions Kept that begins with:
Are you the kind that gets upset...
When your assumptions kept, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAA baXa AAAbcXc AAAacXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101 101000001 1100010 11111001001 10010011 1110101101 11011101 110101 101000001 11010101 1101011 0100111 1111011001 11011101 110101 101000001 10101111011 0100111100 0010011101 1111000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word are 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 Assumptions Kept;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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