This is an analysis of the poem Biting Those Lips that begins with:
Why are you biting your lips?
'I am practicing.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X b XbaccX bd bdXaXXeXcX feaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,6,2,10,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 11100 1111001111 1111100 111110111 1001011 110111100 10111110101 11 10101 11 1110101100001 11110010111 010000111100010 1111001011 000110100100 1110101011011 1 1010101010010 010110010 111010101011110 11 1 111011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Biting Those Lips;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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