This is an analysis of the poem Before Someone Knocks On My Door that begins with:
I know this may come as a disappointment to you,
But I will not consider to debate or contemplate to argue......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEE faagdhic XfefXedhh ABCDEEXdeceXXa ceiXcgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,9,14,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110101001 11010100011101010 01101101101111 0111011101 111101 1111101 111011101001 0101110111001 10011111111 1001 011100010 1010101 01001111101 11 0010 1101011101 111010110010 1101101110 1101 10101 111101001 111010100111 1110001010 1101110101001 11010100011101010 01101101101111 0111011101 111101 1111101 10110010 111010110010 0101011 01111111 0110110110101 01100101111 001111 011 1101101011 00111110 11100101011 10110110111 0010111111 11 110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Before Someone Knocks On My Door;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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