This is an analysis of the poem Awkward that begins with:
It is and can be rather awkward,
When......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbCbcbb dabb CbBBCE CaCfCXdbbb bX ggaXf XCX CbBBCE gg XCXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,6,10,2,5,3,6,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001101010 1 1011010101 1000 1 0111 101111 00101110101 1100101 10100110 1 011010101 1000 1 1001111 1001 1110110101 0101001011 1000 10100010 1000 000101110 1000 01101010 1010001 101101001 00101110101 011 11011 11101010101110 1 1 001010 0110110011 11110101 1 111111010 111111011000 1000 1 1001111 1001 1110110101 0101001011 1 1 1 111111010 111111011000 1
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; to, i are repeated.
The author used the same word awkward 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 Awkward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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